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Reading Residents Urged To Recycle More This Christmas

  • 30% more waste likely to be generated over the Christmas period
  • 11 Christmas tree collection centres across Reading to help residents recycle their used trees
  • Additional waste can be recycled via re3 recycling centre bookings, red recycling bins, bottle banks and textile banks
  • 3,300 households can recycle their food waste this Christmas, nearly all residents will be able to do so from February
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Reading Families Set To Celebrate Christmas At Home Thanks To Council’s Housing Strategy

  • Third successive Christmas that all families in need of Council help in Reading have been housed without the use of B&Bs or hotels
  • Council's rent guarantee scheme currently helping over 600 families enjoy their own accommodation
  • Pressure taken off B&B / hotel sector has allowed over 260 rough sleepers, or those at risk of rough sleeping, to be accommodated during coronavirus
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Week Of Action At Wensley Road Estate Marks the Beginning of Improvements to Come

  • 7 days of activity saw a range of Council teams making improvements to the estate
  • Pest control and waste hygiene measures were in place every day
  • Long term plans include new play areas and landscaped gardens
Rivermead - new leisure centre aerial view

Planning Applications Submitted for New Leisure Project

  • Two major planning applications have been submitted for Rivermead and Palmer Park sites.
  • Important next step in providing first-class leisure facilities for Reading.
Hi! Reading - Historic England Banners with Cllr Tony Page and Cllr Karen Rowland

‘Hi Reading!’ Signs Herald Reading’s £1.6 Million High Street Heritage Investment

  • Reading one of 68 areas of England to receive a share of a £95 million government High Street Heritage Action Zone fund.
  • Reading will deliver a £1.6 million programme over the next 3.5 years.
Lansdowne Road wildflowers during 2020 - part of the Council's 'Rewilding' project

Reading Council to Extend Successful ‘Rewilding’ Trial to Parks

  • Experimental rewilding scheme introduced in 2020 has proved a great success.
  • The new 'Wild Flower Plan' proposes trialling the scheme in 12 parks
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Residents Invited to Vote on New Cintra Park Playground Designs

  • Cintra Park's Children's Playground in south Reading is set to benefit from an £85k investment.
  • 3 designs from leading, specialist companies have been shortlisted.
  • Local residents will be able to vote for their preferred design in an online consultation at www.reading.gov.uk/cintra-park.
  • The winning design will be announced on the 8th January 2021 and be ready for use in Spring 2021.
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Reading Residents To Find Out New Waste Collection Dates

  • 54,000 households are receiving bin calendars by post over the next week, with most set for a change of collection day
  • Mailing also includes full details of the new weekly food waste recycling collections starting from 1 February 2021
Paul Robeson pictured at Manchester Free Trade Hall for the Manchester Guardian in 1958 by Neil Libbert.
©Neil Libbert
Courtesy - National Portrait Gallery

Paul Robeson Tribute Film Launched as Museum Portrait Loan Extended

To mark 60 years since Paul Robeson visited and performed in Reading, a special film of a performance by Reading Community Gospel Choir of Robeson’s hit song ‘Going Home’ will be released on Reading Culture Live and YouTube.

London's National Portrait Gallery has extended its loan of a portrait of Paul Robeson to Reading Museum until 30th January 2021 as part of their COMING HOME project.

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New Council Budget Invests in Reading’s Recovery

  • Council unveils provisional three year budget to invest in Reading's recovery 
  • Savings need to be delivered, but frontline services will be protected
  • Leader calls on Government to support the town's economic recovery