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Reading events greener following pilot scheme
- Green Events Code of Practice (GECOP) pilot ends in Reading with positive outcomes
- Council worked with local and national organisations to make events in Reading more sustainable
Creative projects to help improve young people’s mental wellbeing to launch in September
- Grants awarded to Dance Reading, Reading Football Club Community Trust, and RABBLE Theatre in partnership with Make/Sense Theatre
- Activities will run from September 2022 to July 2023 in selected schools and community venues
- Young people with wellbeing needs can be referred for a place through their school or youth worker
Football Themed ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Style Event at Reading Museum
- David Downs, the Royals’ official historian, will be on hand to discuss artefacts
- Reading Museum’s regular Thursday Surgery returns with a football-themed special
New resourcing digital home for Reading’s cultural and community announced
- What's On Reading to dedicate a new section of the site to the latest news and content from the local cultural sector
- The new hub was created in response to Reading UK’s survey of how best to support the arts and cultural community post-COVID
Artists selected for Oxford Road ‘Community Story Telling’ Project
- Three local artists will create art works along the Eastern End of the Oxford Road as part of the wider High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) programme
- All applications for this project were reviewed and shortlisted by a panel made up of partner representatives from Reading Council, the University of Reading, Reading Festivals Group and the local community.
- Artists will begin designing their pieces imminently and the project hopes to have art pieces in production by the end of March, Covid restrictions dependent.
