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Private Hire Driver’s Appeal to Court to Overturn Council Decision to Revoke His Licence Unsuccessful

  • Private Hire driver caught plying for hire at Henley Regatta 2024
  • Licence revoked by Council, appeal to overturn the decision in October 2025 unsuccessful
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CQC assessment of Adult Social Care published

  • Good work highlighted in the assessment 
  • Improvement plan already in place 
Landlord information evening 2025

Invitation to Free Landlord Information Evening

  • 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
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Reading Children’s Services Moves Back In-House

  • Move to bring Reading Children's Services back in-house completed today
  • 600 staff members move back to the Council 
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Residents and Businesses Encouraged to Attend Upcoming Safer Neighbourhood Forums

  • 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
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Reading Reveals Programme For Black History Month 2025

  • 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.
Wellbeing Walk leaflet

New guides for exploring Reading on foot

  • 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
Recycle Week 2025

Recycle Week: Reading joins the 2025 ‘Rescue Me! Recycle’ campaign

  • 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 
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Small Grants to Create Big Opportunities

  • The application window for the new round of the Council's popular Small Grants Fund initiative opened today
  • Bids for grants of up to £5,000 are invited from voluntary and community groups
Creative Grants

New Micro Grants Programme to Boost Arts, Culture and Heritage Grassroots Creativity in South Reading

  • Small grants of £250 or £500 to help local creative groups
  • Funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund