Here you can keep up with the latest from Reading’s 900+ voluntary organisations and other voluntary sector news from around the area.
Creative Employment pilot – bidding opportunity
3 May 2018Reading Borough Council seeks to appoint an organisation or consultant to develop and run a Creative Employment pilot project as part of Reading, Place of Culture. For a copy of the full brief including submission requirements and background documents for context, please contact Lara Stavrinou, Cultural Development Officer, by emailing lara.stavrinou@reading.gov.uk. The closing date for submissions ...
Berkshire West CCG – strategy for the Voluntary and Community Sector
3 May 2018Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) plans to develop a Strategy for the Voluntary and Community Sector across Reading, West Berkshire and Wokingham. The strategy will be co-produced with the voluntary and community sector, and, at this stage will cover relationships with BWCCG only. Once the Berkshire West Integrated Care System (ICS) is embedded, this may ...
Services for self-funded patients at RBH – bidding opportunity
2 May 2018The Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust is commissioning a service to support patients who are self-funding, to choose nursing/residential home accommodation or domiciliary care. “In order to speed up patient discharge and increase bed capacity, there is a requirement for a selection service providing high quality assistance to self-funded patients seeking a nursing/residential home and/or domiciliary ...
Police and Crime Commissioner Community Safety Fund
1 May 2018
The Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is inviting applications to the Community Safety Fund Grant. A total of up to £400,000 is available to fund projects which can demonstrate a clear link to some of the key aims in his Police and Crime Plan. Vulnerability Key Aim: Better understanding by police and partners of the extent and ...
Lloyds Bank Foundation’s Invest Programme – open until 18 May 2018
1 May 2018The Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales funds small and medium-sized charities whose work supports people experiencing multiple disadvantages, at key periods of change and transition in their lives, to move forward and achieve positive lasting outcomes. The Lloyds Bank Foundation’s Invest Programme provides multi-year grants of up to £25,000 per annum to support ...
RVA Funding Fair – 1:1 appointments now available to book
1 May 2018
Reading-based voluntary and community groups can now book for the 1:1 sessions with: The Big Lottery Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF) The 1:1 sessions will give you a 20 minute slot with the funder to canvas your idea for funding to see if is something that might be worth pursuing. Please book these in advance through the above link. ...
Reading Carnival – new workshop dates added
25 April 2018As we get ready to celebrate Reading Carnival, we have put together an exciting programme of workshops and events so that everybody has a chance to get involved, learn a new skill, meet new people, have fun and get ready for the bank holiday celebrations on Bank Holiday Monday 28 May 2018. New dates have just ...
Autism training at discounted rates on offer in Reading
25 April 2018Thanks to funding from RCVYS (Reading Children’s & Voluntary Youth Services) Autism Berkshire is delighted to be able to provide a series of training workshops for professionals who work with autistic children and young people in Reading at the discounted rate of £10 per person. We are also able to offer twilight or INSET training sessions ...
The HolyBrook – a new art gallery for Reading
18 April 2018Reading now has a refurbished space in the centre of town where artists and groups can exhibit their work. The HolyBrook Gallery is on the second floor of Reading Central Library and is free for all to visit during Library opening hours. The gallery opened this month with an exhibition of works by members of Reading ...
Reading start-up workshops – be your own boss
18 April 2018The Real Business Club’s start-up workshops are back in Reading from 24 April 2018 Do you want to start your own successful business? Are you going self-employed? Are you are a great entrepreneur with an idea but worried about the ‘backroom’ stuff? These free and ever-popular workshops from the The Real Business Club could be just ...
Community groups urged to bid for loan sharks’ cash
18 April 2018The England Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) are putting proceeds of crime money to good use with grants to community groups. The national team, who investigate and prosecute loan sharks, are encouraging community groups to bid for grants of up to £5,000. This money, which has been confiscated from convicted loan sharks through the Proceeds of ...
RVA Funding Fair – booking open
17 April 2018Booking is now open for the RVA Funding Fair on Tuesday 22 May This event will include short presentations from key funders such as the Big Lottery, who will be giving an update on their new partnerships funding. Funders will also be offering 1:1 sessions. More information coming in due course. More information and booking here
Dementia Action Week 21 – 27 May 2018
12 April 2018
Dementia Action Week 2018 To celebrate this year’s dementia action week the Dementia Action Alliance is committed to creating even more Dementia Friends, to enable Reading to work towards becoming a dementia-friendly town. Members of the Dementia Action Alliance are facilitating several Dementia Friends sessions in Reading libraries across the town, making them accessible to as many ...
Big Lottery Funding Event – 22 May 2018
11 April 2018Save the Date! We’re very pleased to announce that the Big Lottery will be coming to Reading once again to provide an update on their funding opportunities and to offer 1:1 appointments to local charities and community groups operating in Reading. This will include an update on their new way of working and the new Partnerships ...
Get ready for Reading Carnival 2018 – workshop programme
11 April 2018As we get ready to celebrate Reading Carnival, we have put together an exciting programme of workshops and events so that everybody has a chance to get involved, learn a new skill, meet new people, have fun and get ready for the bank holiday celebrations on Bank Holiday 28 May 2018. Costume making taster session Free to attend Saturday ...
Reading Volunteer Awards 2018 – team nominations now open
11 April 2018Nominations for volunteer teams are now open for this year’s Reading Volunteer Awards. The award evening is to celebrate those in our community who volunteer their time, talents and skills for the benefit of our town. Every day volunteers are making a positive difference in the lives of individuals, groups and communities throughout Reading. The Reading ...
Cityread in Reading – events in May 2018
11 April 2018Get involved with Cityread 2018 in Reading Cityread London is an annual celebration of literature that brings reading to life for the whole capital in a massive book group. Each spring, Cityread invites London’s citizens, workers and visitors to pick up a book – the same book – and read it together. This year, it doesn’t just ...
NatWest Skills and Opportunities Fund – vote for Age UK Berkshire
11 April 2018Age UK Berkshire have been shortlisted for the final stage of this year’s NatWest Skills and Opportunities Fund. They are seeking support for a project to deliver financial skills workshops to older people and their carers in Berkshire. Improving financial skills in later life will take the form of six workshops looking at money management ...
BBC Radio 4 Loneliness Experiment – last chance to take part
11 April 2018The BBC Loneliness Experiment wants to learn about your experiences and attitudes towards friendship and community, and to get a really good picture of what you believe causes loneliness, what stops you feeling lonely, and what friends and communities can do to help. Anyone over the age of 16 years can take part, and it does ...
Free fire safety training
11 April 2018Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) is providing free training for partner agencies and frontline workers. The training is designed to enable you to work in partnership with RBFRS to protect vulnerable adults from the risks of fire, enabling them to live safe and fulfilling lives. The aims of this training package are to highlight: The ...