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Reading Community Learning Centre AGM
14 November 2024Dear Friends of RCLC You are warmly invited to our 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 3rd of December 2024 from 11:30am – 1pm at The Quakers Meeting House, 2 Church Street, Reading RG1 2SB The AGM is a great opportunity to hear about our activities and celebrate our achievements over the past 12 months. We’d ...
Men2Men International Day
14 November 2024Men2Men International Day – Time To Talk – Encouraging Men’s Health Champions To help shine a spotlight on both the problems of men’s health and the people delivering the solutions. Guest presenters include Health Professionals covering: Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Diabetes Sexual Health Cancer/Prostate Cancer Smoking Impact Physical Health Checks Liver Function People with lived experiences Download a flyer
Safeguarding Adults Week 2024 – Free online webinars 18 to 22 Nov 2024
14 November 2024
The West of Berkshire Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board, are supporting the Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Adults Week. Each day of the week partners are hosting a wide variety of free webinars to cover the themes on: Working in Partnership open to all health and social care practitioners, and voluntary and community sector staff and volunteers within the ...
Managing Emotions Programme
14 November 2024Experiencing rapidly fluctuating and intense emotions can have a significant impact on a person’s wellbeing, relationships, and quality of life. Together UK – Reading has been commissioned by the NHS to run the Managing Emotions Programme (MEP) across Berkshire. The Managing Emotions Programme (MEP) offers easy access to psycho-educational courses, designed to equip people with a range ...
Grassroots community action honoured at Community Awards
13 November 2024
Grassroots Communities’ Awards: amplifying community voices RVA’s Inclusion Manager, Azra Raja, recently received a Community Education Award at the Grassroots Communities’ Awards – congratulations Azra! The Community Education Award recognises: Individuals dedicated to advancing educational opportunities within the community. Honourees demonstrate exceptional commitment to improving access to learning, fostering education equity, and empowering individuals through knowledge and skill-building. Azra ...
Brighter Futures for Children and One Reading Services Marketplace
12 November 2024Brighter Futures for Children and the ONE Reading Children and Young People’s Partnership invite practitioners working with children and families in Reading to our Services Marketplace event. Come along and network with local organisations, charities, community groups and BFfC services that support children, young people and families in Reading. No need to book, just turn up! ...
RBC Small Grants Fund – Deadline 13 December 2024
7 November 2024Introduction – overview of the funding Reading Borough Council has allocated £150k for small grants to the voluntary and community sector for the year 2024/25. The small grants fund is focussed on supporting the broader objectives of the RBC Tackling Inequality Strategy: to create further opportunity for local voluntary and community organisations to play an active ...
British Grant Energy Trust – The Individual and Families fund – Open for applications
7 November 2024Introduction – overview of the funding British Gas Energy Trust is an independent Charitable Trust solely funded by British Gas since 2004. Their mission is to alleviate the detrimental impact of poverty, with a focus on fuel poverty. Since its launch, the British Gas Energy Trust has provided consistent, financial help for vulnerable households and remains one ...
Welcome to Reading Coffee Morning in Reading Central Library
5 November 2024
Reading Central Library are hosting the final Welcome to Reading Coffee Morning of 2024. Come along to this friendly information hub and find out more about some organisations, events and activities in the Reading area. Free refreshments are provided. Drop In style session, no need to book and suitable for all Reading residents, new and old.
Kate Fox: Bigger on the Inside
5 November 2024Would you like to explore neurodiversity through the creative medium of poetry, infused with humour and a dash of Doctor Who? Well, this event is for you! Filled with autistic joy as well as deep thought, we hope that you will leave this event with a little spring in your step and feelings of validation ...
Citizens Advice Reading celebrates 85 years of serving its local communities
31 October 2024
In September 1939, Citizens Advice Reading (CAR) was established as one of the original 20 branches of the Citizens Advice Bureau, created to provide emergency assistance at the onset of the Second World War. Primarily staffed by volunteers, our early efforts were focused on offering guidance from public buildings and private homes, helping individuals navigate the ...
Life Changers Therapeutic Gardening
31 October 2024
Thrive, the gardening for health charity, runs Life Changers, a free, four-month gardening programme for those living with a life-changing illness or injury to enable them to improve their health and wellbeing. Whether recovering from a stroke, cancer or surgery, or living with a long-term condition like diabetes, multiple sclerosis or Long Covid, people experiencing a ...
Reading Family Aid Toys and Teens Appeal 2024
24 October 2024
Over the next six weeks, Reading Family Aid will be collecting donations to provide Christmas presents to disadvantaged young people in Reading. But we can only do this with your generous help! Thanks to the support of many local organisations and businesses, there are around 25 places across Reading where you can drop off your gift ...
Reading Climate Change Partnership seek volunteer Communications Lead!
24 October 2024Join us & support Reading’s journey to Net Zero! Reading Climate Change Partnership (RCCP) is currently between two Climate Emergency Strategies, so the Lead Comms Volunteer will be tasked with community-building tasks during this interim period (i.e. until mid 2025). In early to mid-2025, we will develop a more long-term comms strategy which supports the promotion ...
RBC Closing the Gap commissioning framework
20 October 2024
The RBC Closing the Gap (CTG) is a framework of 1.3m which commissions the voluntary and community sector to deliver community services. Attend the Reading VCS Assembly 19 November to find out more and help shape the CTG 2 framework. Closing the Gap was preceded by the Narrowing the Gap framework. When developing CTG in 2021, RBC ...
Community Buildings Forum – April 2025
18 October 2024
Are you a charity or community group in Reading looking for space to run your activities or services, or do you have space within your building that you would like to hire out, lease or offer to others? Then come along to our next Community Buildings Forum on 1 April 2025, 10am -12noon. (Registration and refreshments ...
Small Groups’ Forum January 2025 – Engaging your community, charity registration and more!
18 October 2024
Are you are small community group in Reading? Come along to our next Small Groups’ Forum on Tuesday 28 January 2025, 10am – 12noon to hear about support, funding and networking for smaller groups like yours. The session is informal, friendly and catered specifically for smaller groups as we know the challenges and support you ...
Comic Relief Community Fund – Grassroots groups – Deadline 8 November 2024
17 October 2024Introduction – overview of the funding The Comic Relief Community Fund (England) 2024 programme will focus on supporting organisations whose activities help to address poverty and its impact – funding organisations that provide essential resources such as food, shelter, healthcare and education, include foodbanks, homeless shelters, family hubs and community wellbeing centres. The Fund offers grants of ...
Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) – letter from the Director of Public Health
17 October 2024Mpox (previously known as monkeypox) potential threat to the United Kingdom Download: Letter to Home care agencies, Care homes and other Social care facilities from the Director of Public Health You may be aware of the Mpox virus that is currently causing outbreaks in multiple African countries mainly in the central African region. We are aware that ...
Public members needed for the Thames Valley & Surrey Secure Data Environment Committees
17 October 2024We are looking for members of the public to sit on a number of committees that support and govern the Thames Valley & Surrey Secure Data Environment: What is a Secure Data Environment? Information, or data, about patients is collected and used by the NHS to: provide individual care. plan health and care services. carry out research into new care ...