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  1. Community Wellbeing Newsletter - Latest Updates April 2024

    Published: 02 April 2024
    Community Wellness Outreach The Reading Community Wellbeing Outreach (CWO) partnership project will run in Reading to the end of June 2025. The partnership is funded by the Integrated Care Board (ICB) to pilot outreach activities to reduce health inequalities for our most vulnerable communities. The…
  2. Grassroots Community Meetings - Zoom

    Published: 19 February 2024
    Utulivu host weekly community virtual conversations on Thursday mornings at 11:30am - 1pm.The meetings covver a wide range of topics, always related to building up your wellbeingThere are guest speakers, live polls and updates on what is happening across Reading. Everyone is welcome to joinTo…
  3. The Reader

    Published: 19 January 2024
    The Reader The Reader is a charity that uses the power of literature and reading aloud to transform lives. Our volunteers and staff bring people together to read great stories and poems - creating powerful moments of connection. We call this Shared Reading. In a…
  4. Women to Women support Group

    Published: 12 January 2024
    Date: Monday 15th January 2024 10AM to 12PM Women to Women Peer support group Sexual violence peer support group for women "your voice counts too" Venue: Community wellbeing hub, 344 Oxford Road Reading, RG30 1AF  Free and open to all women  Car park postcode RG30 1AJ …
  5. WORK SKILLS & MENTORING PROGRAMME FOR ADULT REFUGEES IN READING

    Published: 03 January 2024
    As part of the program, you will work on a project assigned by Thames Water that will help you enhance your English language skills, particularly in a business context. The project will culminate in a presentation on the last day of the program. Throughout the…
  6. Advice for families on shortages of ADHD medications

    Published: 26 October 2023
    Advice for families on shortages of ADHD medications You may have heard, either from your ADHD clinician, GP, pharmacist or in the media, that due to a combination of manufacturing issues and an increase in global demand, there is a global shortage of some types…
  7. Choose a Childcare Career

    Published: 19 October 2023
    Did you know.... From September 2025 many working parents will be able to access funded childcare for their child, from nine months old up to school age.The roll out will start from April 2024 and the demand for funded spaces will increase in Reading. Now…
  8. Household Support Fund

    Published: 25 September 2023
    A Household Support Fund grant of £2,261,298 has been confirmed for Reading borough to provide cost of living support to households in the most need; particularly those who may not be eligible for the other support government has recently made available. The grant is funded…
  9. Free health checks for over 14s with a learning disability

    Published: 19 April 2023
    Got a learning disability? Over 14 years old? Then get a checkup Ask for a free learning-disability health check at your local GP practice! If you are a parent/carer of a young person or adult with a learning disability, this is how to arrange a…

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