WHAT’S ON
If you have an event planned, please send details to whatson@cavershambridge.org We need to receive these no later than the 10th of the month before the event for inclusion in the printed paper. Later submissions can be included on our online What’s On, which is updated regularly. To see what has been added check: cavershambridge.org/archives/category/around-caversham
Caversham Library – 09:00-17:00 Tuesday and Friday, 13:00-19:00 Thursday and 10:00 – 15:00 Saturday. Regular events include:
Rhymetimes for the little ones – popular, so please book first! Every Tuesday at 10:15 and 11:15.
Games Club, Friday mornings 10:30-12:00. All adults welcome – refreshments!
Sit and Stitch 17:30-19:45, on 2nd and 4th Thursdays every month. Refreshments –
come and be inspired.
Tel: 0118 9375103 or see reading.gov.uk/ leisure/all-libraries/caversham-library
Geo Café – Artists Against Homelessness, an ongoing and changing exhibition of art by local artists at Geo Café, Prospect Street. For each sale the artist makes a donation to Launchpad Reading. Open every day.
Mondays – Caversham Park Bridge Club – at the Milestone Centre,19:15 for 19:30 start. Phone Lin 0118 3348195 for further information. bridgewebs.com/cavershampark
Tuesdays – Babies and Toddlers – Gosbrook Road Methodist Church. 10:00-11:30 in term time. All welcome.
Tuesdays – St. John’s Baby and Toddler Group – Caversham Hall, St. John’s Road. 09:30 -11:00 in term time. All welcome.
Tuesdays – Rivarate Choir – Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road. 19:30 in term time. Enjoy singing together. For details see rivarate.com
Wednesdays – Caversham Writers – Welcoming enthusiastic hobbyists and aspiring authors alike. Meeting weekly in person or via Zoom. Free to all. For details: meetup.com/CavershamWriters or @CavershamWriter on Twitter (X)
Wednesdays – Light on the Hill Café – 19:30-21:30 at Grace Church, 119 Peppard Road, RG4 8TR. A wellbeing café for adults 18+. Come as you are for tea and a chat. Please see: www.gracechurchcaversham.org.uk
Wednesdays – The Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band-Neville Hall in Waltham St Lawrence RG10 0JJ. 20:00 – 22:00. Free and friendly club for brass instrumentalists. Email: waltham.band@gmail.com
Thursdays – Toddler Thursday – 8:45-10:00 at St Barnabas Church, Emmer Green, RG4 8RA. Term time, friendly group for preschoolers and parents/carers, refreshments available. www.saintbarnabas.org.uk/whats-on
Thursdays – Friendly Over-60s Social Club – 10:00-13:00 at Milestone Centre, Caversham Park Village. Hot lunch, quizzes and the chance to chat. Contact Cheryl at 07964750182 or Trina at 07477570541
Thursdays – Baby Massage with midwife Katie – 12:15-12:55 at the Weller Centre during term times only. Suitable for babies from 6 weeks to crawling. 50p donation towards costs. Refreshments available.
Thursdays – Weller Centre Craft Group – 13:00 – 15:00. Be creative with friends. For details contact Pam Chatfield at pamch32@gmail.com Mobile 07986 905784 or Weller Centre 0118 947 5828
Thursdays – New Caversham Heights Bridge Club – 14:00 at the Caversham Heights Methodist Church, Highmoor Road. For details contact Duncan Knight on 0118 9475544 or email duncan.knight@googlemail.com
Fridays – Tiddlers for Babies and Toddlers – 9:30-11:00 St Andrew’s Church, Albert Road. Caversham Heights. All are welcome, refreshments available
Fridays – Warm Welcome Space – 10:00-13:30 at Caversham Baptist Church, South Street, RG4 8HY. All welcome, just drop in for free refreshments, including hot soup from 12:00. Tel: 0118 954 5353 www.cavershambaptistchurch.org.uk
Saturdays – Keep Caversham Tidy – A local charity dedicated to eliminating litter and improving public spaces in Caversham. Free to join and no ongoing commitment. Families welcome! Email Keepcavershamtidy@gmail.com, FB Keep Caversham Tidy
Sundays – Caversham Artisan & Farmers Market – Caversham Precinct, 10:00-15:00. See www.facebook.com/CAFMarket
Sundays – Nordic Walk (or just walking). Free to all. Tel: 07931754096 or email Pat at Wirralbird@hotmail.com
Sundays – Readifolk Song and Music Club – 20:00-22:30 in the Community Hall, Watlington House, RG1 4RA. £8 admission for performances, £3 on singing nights. See www.redifolk.co.uk
Tuesday 3 September – Caversham Women’s Institute – 19:30 at Church House, Caversham. www.thewi.org.uk or Tel: 01189 475176
Wednesday 21 August – Saturday 28 September – Exhibition of original oil paintings by Melissa Laurence – Caversham Picture Framers, Church Road – see https://cavershampictureframer.co.uk/events
Wednesday 4 September – Rosehill Ladies – 14:00 at St Barnabas Hall, Emmer Green. Tel: Sue 01189477570 or email suegreen@hotmail.com
Thursday 5 September – Reading Haydn Choir Open Rehearsal – 19:45 – St Joseph’s College, Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JT – no obligation to join, music supplied. If interested, email Eileen at rdghaydnchoir@gmail.com
Friday 6 September – Bereavement Café – 14:00-15:30 at St. Barnabas, Emmer Green. A safe place to find others who have had their own loss and can appreciate something of your experience. For further info Tel. Gill at 0118 9478772
Friday 6 September – An evening with our bats – 19:30 – 21:00, Clayfield Copse RG4 6AA. The Berks & S Bucks Bat Group with Friends of Clayfield Copse. Limited numbers, contact 0774 766340. An Econet Reading event www.econetreading.org.uk
Saturday 7 September – Rock’n’Ale Festival – 18:30 – 23:00 at Our Lady and St Anne’s School playing fields, Caversham. This family friendly music event benefits the Motor Neuron Disease Association. £15 for adults, £5 for under 16’s and under 5’s are free. Details facebook.com/rocknale
Sunday 8 September – Thatcham Reedbeds and Greenham Common Walk – 6.0 Miles – 10:30 Meet at The Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Post Code RG19 3FU Pang Valley Ramblers. One of a programme of regular walks in the area – see https://pvramblers.org.uk/walks-programme
Sunday 8 September – History of St Barnabas church – 16:00. A talk by David Howell (churchwarden), charting the history of St Barnabas Church in three locations along Grove Road over 160 years. A rare opportunity to see a large amount of archive material related to the church and community.
Tuesday 10 September – The Story of Caversham Park –19:00. A talk by Sarah Stuffins, covering the history of Caversham Park both as a house and BBC listening station. A Heritage Open Day event. St Barnabas Church, Emmer Green, RG4 8RA
Friday 13 September – Chance2dance4charity – 19:30 – 21:30, Peppard Memorial Hall, Gallowstree Rd, Peppard Common, RG9 5JA. Supporting Amnesty and Sport in Mind. Tickets £8 on the door, or online (+15p booking fee): www.trybooking.com/uk/DQVR
Saturday 14 September – Artists & Makers Fair – 10:00 – 16:00 at Caversham Methodist Hall, Gosbrook Road. Local artists and craftspeople display their work for sale. Free entry. For further information phone Jean at 07808 966928 or visit www.cavershamcrafts.co.uk
Saturday 14 September – Community Fair and Festival of Flowers, St Barnabas Church, Emmer Green – 14:00 Come and see the brightest and best in our community: a host of organisations will be showing off what they do to help us all live well in Emmer Green and Caversham Park. Inside church, a festival of flowers and banners. St Barnabas Church, Emmer Green, RG4 8RA
Sunday 15 September – Anniversary Service, St Barnabas Church, Emmer Green – 16:00 A service of celebration to give thanks for 100 years of worship in the building. The preacher will be the Revd Nigel Hardcastle (former Vicar of St Barnabas). All welcome: tea and cake reception from 14:30. St Barnabas Church, Emmer Green, RG4 8RA
Wednesday 18 September – Artificial Intelligence (AI) – The good, the bad, and the ugly, a talk by Professor Dan Remenyl – 20:00 at Caversham Heights Methodist Church Hall, Highmoor Road. The Caversham Heights Society. AGM preceeds this, starting 19:30. To learn more visit cavershamheights.org or email: contact@cavershamheights.org
Friday 20 September – What Christ, Whose Christ? New Options for Old Theories, a talk by Dr Alan Race and book launch – 19:30 at the Minster Church. Alan’s book is a collection of essays exploring contemporary ideas about the person of Jesus. Refreshments available. No booking necessary.
Monday 23 September – Who Do We Think We Are?– 14:00 at Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, Reading. Talk to Reading u3a by Catherine Sampson of the Berkshire Family History Society. Free entry, non-members welcome. See www.readingu3a.org.uk
Friday 27 September – Le Cercle Français – 19:30-21:30 at Church House, 59 Church Street, RG4 8AX. For those who are learning French, love France and for French nationals. Admission £5 welcome drink included. Email readingcerclefrancais@gmail.com
Saturday 28 – Sunday 29 September – Caversham Arts Trail September 2024 – For map and details www.cavershamartstrail.co.uk or email info@cavershamartstrail.co.uk
