February 2020 What’s on

Sunday 2 February 2020Clayfield Copse, Regular monthly tasks – Econet/Friends of Clayfield Copse 10.00-13.00 www.econetreading.org.uk/programme/

Sunday 2 February Farmers Market and Artisan Fair 10:00 – 15:00 Caversham precinct www.facebook.com/CAFMarket/

Tuesday 4 FebruaryDown to Earth: learn about your soil and how to look after it – a talk by Lou Phillips for Caversham Horticultural Society 19.45  Church House, 57 Church St Caversham RG4 8AX. Admission  £3 for non members. www.caversham-horticultural.org.uk/

Wednesday 5 FebruaryGet Online Reading – 12:00–13:00 Weller Centre, Amersham Road RG4 5NA. Free computer support www.go-reading.org/

Thursday  6 February – Storytime for under 5’s. 14:00 – 14:30 Caversham Library. Free, but booking needed.  www.servicesguide.reading.gov.uk

Thursday 6 February – Caversham Court and its History – a talk by Dr J Evans for the Berkshire Family History Society 14:00 – 16:00 Reading Central Library, Reading RG1 3BQ. Admission £5. berksfhs.org/events/caversham-court-and-its-history/

Saturday 8 February 2020 – Musica Sacra Italiana – 19:30 Reading Bach Choir, St Andrew’s Church, Albert Road, RG4 7PL www.readingbachchoir.org.uk

Thursday  13 February – Storytime for under 5’s. 14:00 – 14:30 Caversham Library. Free, but booking needed.  www.servicesguide.reading.gov.uk

Saturday 15 February 2020Mapledurham Playing Fields, Regular monthly tasks – Econet/Friends of Mapledurham Playing Fields 9:30 – 13:00  www.econetreading.org.uk/programme/

Saturday 15 February – 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 16 FebruaryFarmers Market and Artisan Fair 10:00 – 15:00 Caversham precinct www.facebook.com/CAFMarket/

Sunday 16 February –  Repair Cafe, rLab, Unit C1, Weldale Street, Reading  12.30 – 16.30 www.transitionreading.org.uk/projects/reading-repair-cafe/

Sunday 16 February  – Space to Grieve tea –  When you have been bereaved it is important and helpful to have the time and space to grieve well.  You are invited to St John’s for tea and cake, and the chance to join others on the bereavement journey. St John’s Church, Gosbrook Road, RG4 8EB – 15:00 -16:30 www.facebook.com/stjohnscaversham/ 

Sunday 16 JanuaryAmersham Road Cooking Club – Weller Centre, Amersham Road RG4 5NA 16.00–18.00 Primary aged children.  First session free, then 50p per child per session www.facebook.com/events

Wednesday 19 FebruaryBerzerk Theatre School – A day of drama coaching and performance art, leading to a short performance for friends and family. Ages 12+. Free. Weller Centre, Amersham Road RG4 5NA www.facebook.com/events

Wednesday 19 FebruaryCan New Technologies Transform Healthcare? – A talk by Professor Rachel McCrindle for the Caversham Heights Society, Caversham Heights Methodist Church, 74 Highmoor Road, RG4 7BG 20.00 www.cavershamheights.org/programme-of-speakers/

Friday 21 FebruaryCoffee morning in aid of Samaritans – 10:00 -14:00 Tea, coffee and cakes. St John’s Church, Gosbrook Road, RG4 8EB.  www.ctmparish.org.uk/forthcoming-events/

Monday 24 February – Sunday 8 MarchFair Trade Fortnight – Learn about Fairtrade and share the stories of the people who grow our food and drink www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/get-involved/current-campaigns/Fairtrade-Fortnight

Thursday  27 February – Storytime for under 5’s. 14:00 – 14:30 Caversham Library. Free, but booking needed.  www.servicesguide.reading.gov.uk

Saturday 29 February Swish Weller Style – Try Swishing at the Weller Centre.  Swap clothes, (adult’s and children’s) shoes and accessories you don’t wear and children’s toys that aren’t played with for items you will wear and use. Weller Centre, Amersham Road RG4 5NA.  www.facebook.com/events

Saturday 29 February 2020Early Spring Concert – Piano Trios by Beethoven and Brahms, St Andrew’s Church, Albert Road, Caversham RG4 7PL www.concertsincaversham.co.uk/