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Find out all about Kooth from Berkshire Engagement Lead Jenny Fennessy
25 March 2021
Kooth is an online digital platform that offers mental health and wellbeing support right across the UK In Berkshire West it can be accessed for free by 11 to 18 year olds. It is jointly commissioned by Berkshire West CCG, Wokingham LA, West Berkshire LA and Brighter Futures for Children. Jenny Fennessy is the engagement lead ...
A busy start to the year for Starting Point mentoring programmes
25 March 2021
Starting Point seeks to enable transformation in the lives of young people aged 11-25 who face disadvantage. They do this through providing mentoring and creating opportunities that are continually shaped by the young people they support. Each programme they deliver utilises and draws upon the wealth of experience and skills of local volunteers, businesses, and ...
Meet Jo Cordy, founder of Free Cakes for Kids, Reading
25 March 2021
Jo Cordy set up the Free Cakes for Kids group in Reading in 2014, after moving to the area. She had previously been a volunteer baker for the Free Cakes group in Hackney and was surprised to find that there wasn’t a group in Reading. Since then they have made over 450 cakes for children ...
Growing up in Reading: Key findings from a report by RVA’s Youth Social Action Team
24 March 2021
Reading Voluntary Action has published the key findings from research into what it’s like to grow up in Reading The research was shaped and carried out by a Youth Social Action Team supported by RVA and the University of Reading Participation Lab. It was completed before the start of the pandemic, but the pandemic has made ...
Catalyst have Community Connector opportunities in Reading – paid work for young people through Kickstart
18 March 2021
Catalyst have created a ‘Kickstart in the Community’ project that offers young people paid work as ‘Community Connectors’ This is a new type of role within their Community Investment team that will help young people develop transferable skills, confidence and a local network. Working alongside Catalyst’s Community teams, Community Connectors will use their local knowledge to ...
