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The Power of Music Fund – Dementia Choirs and Singing Groups – deadline 15 February 2023
31 January 2023
Are you in a choir or singing group that is a lifeline for someone living with dementia and their carer? The National Academy of Social Prescribing, in partnership with the Utley Foundation, is offering 100 grants of £1,000 each to eligible choirs and singing groups on a first come first served basis (Weighted to ensure grants ...
Celebration of Volunteering – Nominations open until 26 February 2023
24 January 2023The University and RUSU are hosting a Celebration of Volunteering event on Thursday 27th April to award, recognise and celebrate staff, students, alumni and supporters who give up their time to volunteer. Any staff, student, alumni, or member of the local community or voluntary organisation can nominate, and this can be for any type of volunteering, ...
Join our PACT Community Projects Open Day
23 January 2023PACT’s community projects, Alana House and Bounce Back 4 Kids, will be hosting an open day on Friday 3rd March between 9.30am and 3.30pm in Reading, Berkshire and we would love interested individuals, organisation and businesses to attend. The event will be a celebration of International Women’s Day with the aim of providing more information on ...
The Ironmongers’ Company grants – next deadline on 15 December 2023
19 January 2023
The Ironmongers’ Company wishes to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. Who can apply? Grants are only given to registered charities. Projects must meet all of the following criteria: For children and young people under the age of 25 who are disadvantaged. Consist of educational activities that develop learning, motivation, ...
Berkshire Community Foundation: Vital for Berkshire Fund – deadline on 16 February 2023
18 January 2023
The 2023 Spring round of Vital For Berkshire fund aims to support charities, community groups, and projects that work to tackle the most salient and pressing issues within Berkshire’s communities at any given time. Who is eligible to apply: To be eligible to apply for a grant, your charity, community group, or voluntary organisation must be improving the ...
Ascension Health Public Meeting – Illnesses, Exercise & Nutrition
17 January 2023You are invited to The Ascension Health Public Meeting. The meeting takes place on February 8th 2023, at Reading Borough Council, Civic Offices, Bridge St, Reading RG1 2LU, from 18:30 – 20:30, hosted by panellists Tony Charles, Hess Williams, and Francine Griffiths; joining us on the panel will be Health Professionals and Nutritionists as well as representatives from the ...
Reading’s Public Rights of Way Plan (ROWIP) Consultation – will close 19 February 2023
17 January 2023Have your say on plans to improve Reading’s pathways and get more people walking We are inviting you to have your say on our second Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP2) which includes the Councils plans to maintain and improve the borough’s rights of way network in a bid to get more people using them. A 12-week ...
Community Fund – Deadline on 6 February 2023
17 January 2023
The Community Fund (previously known as the Police Property Act Fund) supports voluntary and community groups that help to prevent crime and keep communities safe. The Fund is open for applications twice a year for projects that help to achieve the objectives of the PCC’s Police and Criminal Justice Plan. This Fund is an opportunity for ...
Berkshire Digital Inclusion Survey
12 January 2023The Berkshire Digital Infrastructure Group (DIG), comprising all six Berkshire local authorities, are working with market providers and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s Barrier Busting Task Force to minimise barriers to Digital Infrastructure investments, reducing rollout costs and delays and leading to further investment into the county. Last year, they ran their first ...
Have your say on the future of your Fire and Rescue Service
12 January 2023We would like to invite you to take part in a public consultation – on our draft Corporate Plan and Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) for the next four years. Royal Berkshire Fire Authority has set out how it intends to meet its goals to create safer and more resilient communities by preventing incidents, protecting homes ...
CYP Mental Health upskilling training opportunities brochure for 2023!
12 January 2023We are pleased to share with you the upskilling training opportunities brochure for 2022/23, which now includes all of the HEE National CYPMH commissioned upskilling courses that are available in 2022/23. Click here to view the Brochure (opens .pdf in a new tab) The brochure includes opportunities for Crisis training, Inpatient training, Eating Disorder training and wider ...
**New date** Introduction to Volunteer Management – Full Day Course **New date**
9 January 2023An Introduction to Volunteer Management Whether behind the scenes in an administrative role or working directly with clients, volunteers play a vital role in supporting the work of organisations across our town. For many organisations, without the work of volunteers, it would not be possible for them to deliver the services they provide in the way ...
ABC to Read receives grant!
5 January 2023Reading Borough Council has awarded local reading charity ABC to Read a grant of £3,000 to recruit, train and support 10 new volunteers to give one-to-one mentoring to local children who are struggling to read! The grant will also be used to deliver workshops in Reading schools as well as training older students to mentor younger ...
Community Led Research Project, exciting opportunity in Reading!
2 January 2023Reading Voluntary Action (RVA) is working in partnership with Slough CVS, the University of Reading and the British Science Association in a community led research pilot. Community led research can create change and bring attention to important issues that matter to your community or organisation. Our researchers would like to speak informally to the communities and ...
GLL Sports Foundation Applications Open – until 20 February 2023
24 December 2022GLL Sport Foundation support includes access to funding and training facilities. Over the last decade we have provided over 16,000 athlete awards and continue to be supported by ambassadors like Tom Daley and Perri Shakes-Drayton. Athletes are supported through the GLL Sport Foundation, the largest independent athlete support programme in the UK, which in 2022 marks ...
PAMH Partnership
20 December 2022What is the PAMH Partnership? The PAMH (Physical Activity for Mental Health) Partnership is a group of organisations working in Reading to deliver physical activity and mental health and wellbeing activities to the communities of Reading. The group came together to build on partnerships established in the Reading Mental Wellbeing Group and was successfully ...
GBA Resilience Survey – Deadline on 16 December 2022
12 December 2022Please help Get Berskhire Active to understand what the state of play is in the local physical activity and sport sector so that we can develop ways to help all of you through this challenging time. We are aware that many organisations are finding the effects of the cost of living increases and post covid environment ...
BME Youth: Together Fund – Deadline on 31 March 2023
12 December 2022
The Together Fund is a Sport England initiative that supports voluntary community organisations to recover and emerge from the long-term impacts of COVID-19. It concentrates mainly on supporting these groups to reach and engage their audiences in movement and physical activity. BME Youth is inviting clubs, groups, associations, and organisations to apply for Together Fund to ...
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – deadline 28 March 2023
12 December 2022
JRCT is keen to support work that responds to the dual harms of the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic racism. Specifically, they wish to encourage work within or across our existing programme areas that scrutinises the responses and policies of powerful institutions and actors, and which envisions and builds support for transformative social change based on ...
Lloyds Bank Foundation
8 December 2022Lloyds Bank Foundation: Specialist Programme Webinar & Q&A The Lloyds Bank Foundation partners with small and local charities people, and communities working towards a more just and compassionate society. They are an independent charitable trust funded by the profits if Lloyds Banking Group. In 2023 the foundation will be awarding unrestricted grants of £75,000 over three years ...