I recently compered the wonderful 2nd (ever) annual Reading Volunteer Awards (red dress last year, navy dress this year!) hosted by Reading Voluntary Action (RVA). http://rva.org.uk/volawards2018/. Until last year’s event, I had tended to be luke-warm about ‘awards’. Surely just going to people for doing their well-paid jobs? But I was completely converted, bowled over… Read more »
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The other day I met someone who told me about her experience, maybe 30 years ago, of hesitating outside the door of the Women’s Information Centre in Reading. She was plucking up the courage to join the ‘Monday Night Group’. It was a lesbian social group – and was where she first came out. Being… Read more »
RACT is a group of charities who raise funds together and receive donations from Local Giving and Payroll Giving. Recently, in my role as Chair of RACT, I presented a cheque to the South Reading charity ‘Care Cultural Integration (CCI)‘ Women’s group (Agaseke). The Chair of the women’s group (Agaseke) gratefully received the donation. She… Read more »
