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
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: 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
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
Air quality education programme reaches 9,000 pupils
- Clean Air Living Matters (CALM) project delivered sessions to almost 30 different schools over 18 months
- The team also spoke to almost 900 parents, carers and community members about air quality at the school gates
- An estimated 26,000 – 33,000 people engaged in the programme in total
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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
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
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.
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