Flamboyance ‘The World Turns Upsidown’ 2019 Film

The Annual Daydream Harvest has been quietly working with Aspire2, Whitley Community Development Association, Schools and others in the community to grow a rather beautiful and unique event on the streets of Whitley South Reading. Nick Garnett extends thanks to Emma Bowen for putting up with me, Arts Council England for their funding, JMA and…

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Reading Children’s Festival

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

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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WCDA is hiring!

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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Participate in nutrition studies at the University of Reading

The University of Reading is internationally recognised for its excellence in research on the relationship between diet and chronic disease. They are currently looking for volunteers to participate in two studies. ENVAL study: Would you like to test a diet app developed by researchers from the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences? In this study, participants will…

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Is worrying about money keeping you awake at night?

Reading Frontline are offering free debt and benefit advice at New Directions, 330 Northumberland Avenue, Whitley every Thursday 10am-1pm. If you struggle to pay your bills each month, have debts you can’t repay or any money worries, don’t wait for a court order or bailiff to visit. We can help stop the intrusive phone calls…

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