News

• Call out for community groups and artists to apply for funding
• Next step in the High Street Heritage Action Zone Cultural Programme

• The steel frame of the new pool is set to start going up from the beginning of December
• The new community pool and facilities will open to the public in late 2022

• Reading Borough Council has now cut its own carbon footprint by 69.8% in just 12 years – up from 63.5% in 2019/20.
• Reading’s overall carbon footprint has been cut by 49% since 2005 - the 5^th largest reduction of 379 UK local authority areas.
• But the rate at which Reading cuts emissions will need to double for the town to achieve the ambitious goal of net zero by 2030.

• Councillor Stevens 18 months as Mayor of Reading comes to an end next week
• New Mayor and Deputy will be agreed at a Mayor Making Ceremony on Wednesday November 17 

• Four new high quality affordable homes built in George Street will go to residents on Reading's housing register
• Development marks the start of an £80m Council investment in over 300 affordable new homes in Reading over four years
• Council new build homes combine environmentally friendly features such as triple glazing and solar panels with high quality finishes

Reading schools take over climate negotiations in a mock COP26 conference.

• The Council has published a five-year blueprint for bus services in Reading
• The plan underpins a powerful case for Government investment  

• 48 extra new trees will be planted across Reading over the next 2 years
• Planting in locations near schools and medical centres for maximum community wellbeing

• New apprentices have joined the housing repairs and maintenance team
• Existing staff in the highways team are gaining extra qualifications through an apprenticeship
• Scheme gives Reading Borough Council the opportunity to provide local people with skills and qualifications whilst boosting its services to residents

• Two minute silences will take place on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday in Reading
• Public are invited to attend, but both events will be live streamed on the Council's Facebook page for those who are unable to

• Up to 500 additional pieces of graffiti set to be removed under new Council policy
• Local communities to be supported to take action in their neighbourhoods
• £75,000 investment will help make Reading's residential areas more attractive to live in

• The Council currently manages plots covering 41.5 ha of land. 
• Significant progress has been made in clearing and levelling overgrown and abandoned plots.
• Groups are being encouraged to take the initiative in self-management at allotment sites.