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Directory resultsPriority Services Register for vulnerable households
Priority Services Register for vulnerable households Services such as gas, electricity, water, phones and public transport are no luxuries. We need them every day to look after ourselves. Regulated providers of these services offer Priority Service Registers to provide extra help for customers who are…
Help with travel and travel costs (plus accessible facilities)
There is a range of support to help you get out and about, including the following options: Travelling by bus Concessionary Travel Disabled parking Travelling to your workplace The Oracle Shopmobility Scheme RADAR National Key Scheme Accessible Facilities (Changing places) Other services available: Readibus ReadiBus…
Healthy weight Keep active - information page and factsheet
Overweight and obesity in Reading is a serious public health concern, which has a significant impact on people's physical health, emotional wellbeing and reduces life expectancy by an average of 8-10 years. Excess weight is strongly linked to a person's risk of developing serious long-term…
Suicide Prevention - information page
Suicide is not inevitable. Preventing suicides is a complex and challenging issue, but there are effective solutions for many of the individual factors which contribute towards the risk of suicide. If you are concerned about someone you think may be at risk or is vulnerable,…
Safeguarding vulnerable adults and children
Safeguarding means looking out for and trying to protect others in our community who are vulnerable, or may be at risk of harm. If you think that someone is at risk, you must raise an alarm. Everyone can make a difference. Abuse can be: Physical…
Help with heating costs
If you struggle to keep warm in winter you may be eligible for benefits, discounts and/or energy efficiency improvements to help with heating costs. Click here for further information about help with heating costs. You can also contact some of the local organisations who can…
Seated exercise - new classes on offer via ZOOM
You are all invited to join a new initiative aimed at helping you stay physically active and healthy. Regular chair-based exercise to promote health and prevent diseases. The exiercises will help you with muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular endurance, flexibility, improving balance, physiological and psychological…
Living well with Autism
Autism in Reading Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that affects how a person communicates with and relates to others, learns, and processes information. It is currently estimated that roughly one in every 100 people has autism. As a spectrum condition, autism affects people in…
Reading Carers Card
Many people are family carers and support someone who relies on them to collect shopping, prescriptions and other essential items. You may not identify yourself as a carer because you are firstly a parent, a wife, husband, daughter, son, grandchild, friend or neighbour. Reading Mencap…
Tuberculosis Infection - what you need to know
What is Sleeping Tuberculosis? Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious but treatable disease –TB incidence in Reading has doubled from 20 per 100,000 populations in 1999 to 41.4 per 100,000 in 2013 and has continued to increase. Three-quarters of all cases occur in people born outside of…