Posts by WCDA
Our Surplus Food project deliveries in numbers
As we’ve come to the end of our food parcel deliveries – we’ve been reflecting on the past 4 months of WCDA. Since 17th of March 2020, we’ve committed fully to delivering food parcels to Whitley residents most in need. Whitley CDA staff and volunteers have been working tirelessly 5 days a week making up…
Read MoreWhitley CDA discuss food poverty in Whitley on BBC South Today
BBC South Today visited Whitley Community Development Association’s project. We discussed our food project and how we are supporting many families and people who have fallen through the cracks of available support during the coronavirus pandemic. We were able to emphasise the importance of a coordinated community-based approach and how local knowledge and a local…
Read MoreVulnerable people are being coerced by drug dealers/users
BBC South Today recently had a news item regarding how vulnerable people are coerced by drug dealers and users into using their homes drug taking and dealing. Trisha Bennett our Community Development Coordinator spoke to BBC South Today on how important a coordinated community approach is critical to tackling the issue. Our work with local…
Read MoreWhitley CDA thanks it’s many partners from our diverse and multicultural community.
Whitley CDA is grateful to all our partners. We have had support from a large number of people and organisations, not only from within our community but from places like Slough too. We have a long list of people and groups that need to be thanked. We would like to take a moment to publicly…
Read MoreTims Marathon on the Park
Whitley CDA would like to offer their congratulations and heartfelt thanks to Head of Boys’ Games at Leighton Park School, Tim. Tim completed 30 laps of their 65-acre park last Friday evening and in the process raised £1,200 for our food delivery project in Reading. Every day we are doing our best to ensure food…
Read MoreHas the Coronavirus highlighted the inequality in our system?
We have seen the working class put on the front line with the lowest pay, the least protections and the biggest risks. So we feel it’s important that we say how proud we are of the Whitley Community and how honoured we are to be a part of it. The purpose of this article is…
Read MoreFood4Families is looking for volunteers
For the past 10 years Food4families has created 25+ school and community food-growing gardens in Reading, involving thousands of people in growing fresh, healthy produce. As a result of the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic Food4Families has identified a need to increase local food growing to provide fresh food to vulnerable people in the…
Read MoreWhitley CDA on BBC Radio Berkshire
Trisha Bennett (our Community Development Coordinator) was featured on BBC Radio Berkshire this morning. You can hear Trisha talking with Andrew Peach on his Breakfast show here: We are incredibly proud of how well everyone in the Whitley community has pulled together to get through these difficult times. There are so many community heroes we…
Read MoreDelivering food to the elderly and vulnerable in Whitley
The expression ‘unprecedented times’ is being bandied around a lot and rightfully so. We prefer to think of this as the ‘unpleasantness’ and look forward to it passing. We are in the thick of a global crisis and at Whitley CDA we are doing what we can to help the elderly and vulnerable in our…
Read MoreWhitley Social Club & Cafe is CLOSED
As you all probably know by now the Whitley Social Club & Cafe are CLOSED until further notice. We, Whitley Community Development Association, have been given permission to access the building to allow our Surplus Food Project to continue. We will be delivering parcels to avoid people having to come to the cafe. HOWEVER we…
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