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Reading Borough Council's RSI funding will help build on existing work to help rough sleepers, which includes the Caversham Road modular homes site where 40 former rough sleepers now live

Council Awarded £2.8m In Successful Rough Sleeping Funding Bid

  • Crucial funding will allow Reading Borough Council to further increase its activity to address rough sleeping
  • Housing First approach will see at least 20 properties made available to clients
  • Investment will build on the award winning Caversham Road modular homes initiative which houses 40 former rough sleepers
wellbeing with arts

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
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Residents asked to look out for Canvass Forms

  • Canvass Forms are sent to households who have not yet responded
  • Local elections taking place in Reading in May 2023
Festival tents

Reading Festival 2022 - say no to single-use plastics and take your tents home

  • Festival goers are encouraged to act sustainably
  • Key message is to take tents home and avoid single-use plastics
Group l to r: Cllr Adele Barnett-Ward, Reading's Lead Councillor for Leisure and Culture; Cllr Jason Brock; Cllr Deb Edwards; Donna Pentelow, Reading Council's Assistant Director of Culture.

Get set for a hole-in-one at the Prospect Park Ranger Station

  • Exciting new play activity centre at Prospect Park
  • Mini-golf and Sky Tykes low ropes now open for play
Cllr Rachel Eden, Mayor of Reading. Image by Neil Horne – Eye Imagine

Invitation to ‘Beat the Bounds’ with the Mayor of Reading for charity

  • Mayor of Reading, Rachel Eden, will walk the boundaries of Reading for this year's Mayoral Charities
  • Residents invited to purchase specially created map and join in the walk at their leisure to raise money
  • Last boundary walk took place in 1912, with then-mayor John Wessley
Forbury Gardens and Caversham Court Gardens

Green Flag Award 2022 recognition for two of Reading’s most popular green spaces

  • The Forbury Gardens and Caversham Court Gardens have both received Green Flag Awards
  • Both sites have also received a Green Heritage Site Award
  • A record-breaking year for the Green Flag Award, with 2,208 winners celebrating success
Festival 2021

Reading Festival 2022

  • More than 100,000 revellers expected over the three festival days.
  • Residents are reminded to plan ahead as shops, public transport and roads will be busier.
Reading Borough Council Civic Offices

Council receives £429,000 funding to make Reading safer

  • New funding will help make Reading town centre a safer place for residents and visitors
  • Schemes including a Community Safe Hub, CCTV and improved lighting are planned with £429,000 award, with an additional 50% match funding coming from the Council and its partners
  • Residents encouraged to take part in current consultations open now on community safety, serious violence and domestic abuse
Digital Permits

Have your say on plans for a digital parking pilot scheme

  • Consultation on digital parking launches on 4 August
  • Proposals to trial a new digital parking permit scheme in Lower Caversham later this year
  • Digital parking permits can be issued instantly, reduce complaints and also mean visitor permits can be used by the hour, offering better value for money for residents
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£100,000 Worth of Council Grants Awarded to Help Marginalised Residents

  • Council funds 25 organisations to the tune of £100,000 to help marginalised residents across Reading
  • Full list of projects below