January 2020 What’s On

Sunday 5 JanuaryClayfield Copse – Regular monthly tasks 10:00-13:00 Econet/Friends of Clayfield Copse  www.econetreading.org.uk/programme/

Sunday 5 JanuaryFarmers Market and Artisan Fair 10:00 – 15:00 Caversham precinct www.facebook.com/CAFMarket/

Tuesday 7 JanuaryAlpha Course 19:30 Thames Tower, Station Rd Reading RG1 1LX. Explore life, faith and meaning with Alpha. Enjoy food, a short talk and a discussion. 6 sessions. No pressure, no follow up and no charge.

Tuesday 7 January  – Woodland Improvement –  Bugs Bottom 11:00-13:30 The Conservation Volunteers’ Woodland Improvement Team (WIT). Launch event for three and a half year programme which offers a chance to find out more about volunteering opportunities. Activities will include tree and hedge planting, followed by refreshments www.news.reading.gov.uk

Wednesday 8 JanuaryGet Online Reading – 12:00–13:00 Weller Centre, Amersham Road. Free computer support www.go-reading.org/

Thursday 9 January Storytime for under 5’s. 14:00 – 14:30 Caversham Library. Free, but booking needed. Also on  30th January www.servicesguide.reading.gov.uk

Monday 13 – Wednesday 29 JanuaryCaversham Library – Closed for maintenance www.servicesguide.reading.gov.uk

Wednesday 15 JanuaryThe Life and Work of the artist William Hogarth – 20:00 A talk by John Brearley for the Caversham Heights Society, Caversham Heights Methodist Church, 74 Highmoor Road, RG4 7BG www.cavershamheights.org/programme-of-speakers/

Saturday 18 JanuaryMapledurham Playing Fields – Regular monthly tasks 9.30 – 13.00 Econet/Friends of Mapledurham Playing Felds  www.econetreading.org.uk/programme/

Saturday 18 JanuaryWalk from the middle of Christchurch Bridge, ‭(AKA the new pedestrian bridge)‬ – Reading Mental Health Mates  10.30 – 12.00 Peer support group for those affected by mental illness  www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-health-mates-reading-christchurch-meadows

Sunday 19 JanuaryFarmers Market and Artisan Fair 10:00 – 15:00 Caversham precinct www.facebook.com/CAFMarket/

Sunday 19 January –  Repair Cafe, rLab, Unit C1, Weldale Street, Reading  12.30 – 16.30 www.transitionreading.org.uk/projects/reading-repair-cafe/

Sunday 19 JanuaryAmersham Road Cooking Club – Weller Centre, Amersham Road 16.00–18.00 Primary aged children.  First session free, then 50p per child per session www.facebook.com/wellercentre/

Saturday 25-Monday 27 JanuaryBig Garden Birdwatch,The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/

Wednesday 29 JanuaryBritain’s Housing Crisis – 20:00 A talk by Professor Flora Samuels for the Caversham Heights Society, Caversham Heights Methodist Church, 74 Highmoor Road, RG4 7BG www.cavershamheights.org/programme-of-speakers/

Thursday 30 JanuaryQuiz Night at Tipsy Bean 20:00 Prospect Street. Teams of 6, £2 per person www.tipsybean.co.uk/