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Reading’s libraries and museum are gearing up for a fun-filled October half term, offering a wide range of free and low-cost activities for children and families to enjoy.

• More than 9,000 postal voters in Reading yet to reapply
• Changes to electoral law mean residents now have to reapply for their postal votes every three years
• Deadline to reapply is 31 January 2026, after which these residents will lose their opportunity to vote by post at next year's local elections

• Government hands Reading £945,000 top-up grant to further boost the Council's ongoing efforts to prevent homelessness and support people who sleep rough in the town
• The new funding will help enhance the Council's already comprehensive package of support, which it delivers alongside partner agencies

• Private Hire driver caught plying for hire at Henley Regatta 2024
• Licence revoked by Council, appeal to overturn the decision in October 2025 unsuccessful

• Good work highlighted in the assessment 

• Improvement plan already in place 

• For information and assistance Adult Social Care and Public Health - Reading Borough Council

• Landlord Information Evening will take place on Wednesday 29 October
• Property landlords are invited to sign up for the free event
• Attendees will be able to find lots of important information, and about the Rent Guarantee Scheme

• Move to bring Reading Children's Services back in-house completed today
• 600 staff members move back to the Council 

• Six Safer Neighbourhood Forums open to the public in the next three weeks
• Meetings provide an opportunity for residents to come and have their say on their local community
• Come along to provide ideas and feedback to Thames Valley Police and Reading Borough Council officers

• Black History Month 2025 in Reading offers music, dance, and theatre events throughout October.
• Many events low-cost or free of charge at venues across the Borough.

• Four Wellbeing Walk route maps highlight interesting features and fascinating facts about places around the borough
• Updated walking maps and leaflets are also available on the refreshed Walking webpage

• Residents reminded of key items still being thrown away that should be recycled in kerbside collections
• Those items include shampoo bottles, toilet roll tubes, yoghurt pots and aerosol cans
• Glass perfume and aftershave bottles should be recycled at bottle banks