Starting Wednesday, 5 June 2019 – we invite you to Conversation Cafe Every Wednesday 1.00 pm to 2.30 pm at Whitley Community Cafe Sessions are FREE ! Join this friendly group, build confidence in speaking, share a cuppa. Children are welcome if supervised by adult Working in partnership with these organisations:

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From 4.00 pm to 7.00 pm on Tuesday 18th June Come along for information about courses and gaining qualifications, support getting into work or advice on career change. We offer: vocational qualifications; working in schools or nurseries; leadership & management, IT and office skills employability skills and support, budgeting and bookkeeping work placement and apprenticeship…

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Do you live in the Whitley and would like to find a rewarding volunteering role where you can make a real difference? Assisting Berkshire Children to Read (ABC to read) currently have an urgent need for reading mentors to support children regularly in many of our Berkshire primary schools. No experience is required as training…

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WHAT? Three days of walks Guided nature walks Totally free to participate DAY 1: 20 min walk with us DAY 2 & DAY 3: 20 min walk on your own Complete some questionnaires before and after walks WHO? We are looking for adults living locally to take part in our research WHY? Walking can have…

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Are you interested in getting a new qualification but need childcare for an under 5? New Directions South Reading offer Adult Learning Courses for September 2019 and can provide a FREE creche for under 5’s – on site, Ofsted registered creche with qualified staff to care for your children whilst you learn. Through Reading Children’s…

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Study Higher – a partnership of universities, further education colleges and other stakeholders working together to provide young people with high quality impartial advice and guidance about education opportunities – partnered with Whitley Researchers and the University of Reading to produce the booklet, called Community Learning in South Reading. The aim was to report on…

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Reading Children’s Festival is back this year form Saturday, 11th May to Sunday, 2nd June and is celebrating its 30th anniversary! It’s a packed 3-week festival with a range of different activities throughout Reading and many of them are free! “Our 2019 Children’s Festival brochure is now live! We’re so excited for you to see…

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Food4families are looking for regular attendees of the garden who might want to be involved in helping with planning events/community engagement and/ or with the ongoing evaluation of the project. FOOD4FAMILIESACTION PLAN TEAM and EVALUATION TEAM Following the completion of the 2017/18 Independent Evaluation Report two outline plans were prepared – one for actions recommended…

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We’re looking for a maternity cover for Office Manager. Join our team! Post Title:         Office Manager (maternity cover) Normal working hours:     12 hours per week, £10 per hour.Flexible hours, with some evening work. Employed by:         Whitley Community Development Association Reporting to:        …

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