Sunday 5 January – Clayfield Copse – Regular monthly tasks 10:00-13:00 Econet/Friends of Clayfield Copse www.econetreading.org.uk/programme/
Sunday 5 January – Farmers Market and Artisan Fair 10:00 – 15:00 Caversham precinct www.facebook.com/CAFMarket/
Tuesday 7 January – Alpha 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 January – Get 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 January – Caversham Library – Closed for maintenance www.servicesguide.reading.gov.uk
Wednesday 15 January – The 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 January – Mapledurham Playing Fields – Regular monthly tasks 9.30 – 13.00 Econet/Friends of Mapledurham Playing Felds www.econetreading.org.uk/programme/
Saturday 18 January – Walk 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 January – Farmers 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 January – Amersham 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 January – Big Garden Birdwatch,The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/
Wednesday 29 January – Britain’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 January – Quiz Night at Tipsy Bean 20:00 Prospect Street. Teams of 6, £2 per person www.tipsybean.co.uk/