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Sovereign Housing Association has 40 paid work placements available through its Kickstart job placement scheme. The roles are open to anyone aged 16-24, and currently on Universal Credit, whether or not they are a Sovereign resident. Sovereign is part of the Kickstart Housing Partnership led by Clarion Housing Group. The government-backed Kickstart scheme was launched in 2020, […]

Multi-award winning Bristol Theatre Company Ad-Infinitum are looking for personal stories from people across the country of their experiences of the elderly care system in the UK. From this a series of podcasts will be created  with the aim of creating a touring production based on these experiences.   Nir Paldi (pic), who’s Co-Founder and Co-Artistic

Here’s news of how you can take part in the world’s largest tea party and raise much needed funds for The Guide Dogs charity and you could be a world record breaker: Host a Virtual Tea Party Sign up to host a virtual tea party with your friends and family or people you work with.

The Prince’s Trust in Thames Valley has lots of exciting programmes coming up for young people aged 16 to 30 this month.  For the moment all of their online/virtual programmes are available for Young People within the Thames Valley area. This however will be subject to change as we they towards face to face delivery,

Here’s a couple of takeaway food menus for Mothers Day. Firstly The Plough in Eastbury Here’s The Funghi Club’s offering:

With the Cheltenham National Hunt festival just around the corner here’s news of two Previews taking place this coming Friday 12th March . The first is on 4LEGS Radio from 12 noon. Here’s the details: The second is from 7.15pm. Here’s the details:  

Local singer / songwriter Kate Sloan (pic) is happy to announce the result of an art competition for 6-12 year old’s that she launched in the middle of February.  Kate was looking for some creative drawings, paintings or images that sprung into children’s minds when listening to a beautiful piece of music that she composed

Berkshire Youth are excited to announce that we are now recruiting for our new Kickstart work placements. Young people are struggling to find employment at the moment, especially as certain sectors such as hospitality and retail have been particularly hit by the Coronavirus crisis. Our Kickstart Scheme is an exciting opportunity for people claiming Universal

During the Yabber Yabber show on February 5th Chris interviewed Judy King (pic) who’s a volunteer at Newbury Speakability and West Berkshire Speakability. Judy and the rest of the volunteers do a fantastic job working with people who have speech difficulties due to strokes and other conditions. Here’s some information about what they do: We

Newbury Town Council in conjunction with Berkshire Youth have launched a survey to ask the younger people in Newbury what matters to them, what effects them plus their ideas and opinions to influence future activities, events and opportunities in and around Newbury.  Listen to Martin Colston, Leader of Newbury Town Council talk about this during The