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A litter pick across Rivermead / Richfield Ave organised by the Caversham RAYS group will take place on Saturday 3 July. We will meet at 10am by the Rivermead bottle banks in the car park near Caversham Bridge Garden Centre, and then walk along Richfield Avenue, part of Cow Lane, and around the Rivermead complex, finishing where we started. If you are interested in attending the event, please join the Caversham RAYS group and flag yourself as attending the event, or message directly the organiser Jacopo Lanzoni, either on Facebook or by email ([email protected]), so that the right number of litter picking kits can be prepared.
More than 15 bags of litter collected this morning by four Globe supporters. This is only part of our haul from George Street and the adjacent area of Hill's Meadow. #keepcavershamtidy
The 20 planter boxes cared for by GLOBE volunteers are really helping to brighten up the centre of Caversham at the moment!
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Beautiful! A credit to your volunteers efforts 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Laura Stentiford good bit of advertising there gal Paws 'n' Claws Pet Service Reading
RAYS (Reading Adopt Yours Street) will be having a dedicated litter picking week across Reading from 7th-13th June 2021. Volunteers are asked to pledge their time to litter pick either via the Keep Britain Tidy website - www.keepbritaintidy.org or by emailing [email protected]
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Reading Tree Wardens will have a stall at Beanpole Day, this Saturday, 22nd May in Caversham Court Gardens. Open 10am-3pm. Come along and support us and buy some small trees and plants for your garden! Full event details via link below.
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.This year's Reading RESCUE Spring cleanup is taking place from 3-6 May. #keepcavershamclean
Despite more than 2000 objections to the First application, a second application has been put in to build on Reading Golf Club land, this time for 257 units. Please see more information on the KEG (Keep Emmer Green) post below.
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KEG has also published a press release regarding the second application: keepemmergreen.com/posts/2021/2/7/planning-application-210018-validated And also some revised guidelines if you are thinking of putting in your views: keepemmergreen.com/posts/objection-guidelines-xn466
Plan for 260 homes at Reading Golf Club withdrawn after 2,000+ objections
Plan for 260 homes at Reading Golf Club withdrawn after 2,000+ objections
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Plans for 260 homes at Reading Golf Club (RGC) have been withdrawn after more than 2,000 objections.Thanks to Friends of Clayfield Copse for setting up a self-guided tree trail around Clayfield Copse. It launches on Saturday 7th and runs until the end of November. Directional signs will be in place, starting from the car park. Come and get to know ten trees really well, each with its own story set out for you. Meet the 'lovers' tree, the 'Queen of the Woods' tree and the 'super carbon recycling' tree. Find out what wildlife likes which trees, which wood makes the best brooms and hear the sad story of our ash trees. More at www.econetreading.org.uk/
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An interesting local walk for lockdown! Enjoy!
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Enjoy 🍂🍁💐 we want you all to be safe and hang around forever and a day 💓💖💓
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Wild About Reading is an autumnal celebration of all things wild in our beautiful town and activities are running during half term from Saturday 24th October through to Tuesday 27th October. Some activities are also being held on line.
Activities need to be booked in advance via the event list at www.wildaboutrg.com.
You can also see the online programme leaflet as a pdf on the Wild about reading website:
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Our friends at Plastic Free Caversham invite all residents to take part in the Caversham October Clean any time during the half term week - click on the link below for more details
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.The footpath over the weir will be closed during construction of the hydro which is now underway. View Island can still be accessed from Hill's Meadow.On Tuesday 6th October at 9am an exciting event is taking place with the start of civils construction at the Weir to create Reading Hydro. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the preparatory work to get the site ready for the contractors.
It does mean however that you will not be able to use the path from View Island to the weir as that is where the turbines are being installed. Please use the alternative route over Reading Bridge if walking from Lower Caversham into Reading.
We will update you on progress on the construction and thank you for your patience during this phase
A reminder from KEG that the deadline for objections is 25th SeptemberThe planning application for 260 houses at Reading Golf Club is the most objected to in Reading Borough - ever - with over 1000 objections! But we still need your help. This is the LAST weekend to make YOUR voice heard. Don't let Reading Golf Club take local residents for granted, and have your say.
Object by the 25th September:
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A planning application has now been submitted for 260 properties on Reading Golf Course.
You can also see more information in the 'Keep Emmer Green (KEG) article: www.keepemmergreen.com/posts/2020/8/13/planning-application-submitted-by-rgc
Call to all Caversham GLOBE members: Put your views in via the planning application page linked below
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Planning Application Submitted by RGC — Keep Emmer Green
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If you are thinking of putting in an objection, The keep Emmer green (KEG) group has since posted an article about the process: www.keepemmergreen.com/posts/objection-guidelines
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A great opportunity to be part of local community enterprise.
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.Keep Britain Tidy are organising a Great British Cleanup from 11-27 September. Caversham GLOBE hope to be able to support this with cleanup events locally in September, subject to social distancing guidelines etc. Dates and venues to be arranged.
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Had a great time with the big Caversham tidy up we did back in (thinks)( Feb?) - would be great to be able to meet up and do this again.
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The 20 planter boxes in Church Street are looking great at the moment. GLOBE volunteers have cared for these planters for several years. We hope to be able to carry out some maintenance on the deteriorating woodwork later in the year. Meanwhile, the shrubs are in flower and really brighten up the centre of Caversham.
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Lovely! Gladdens the heart to see well cared for community areas. Big thanks to the Globe volunteers for their efforts 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
keep up the good work you lovely people!
Looking wonderful. So proud of Caversham GLOBE.
Thanks to all at Caversham Globe. Looks great 🎉🎉
A massive thank you to all of the residents who came out to support Caversham Globe and Plastic Free Caversham to clean up Christchurch Meadows, Hill's Meadow and View Island this morning. At least 40 bags of rubbish were collected !
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Have you seen this video entitled 'A new type of river management is coming'? It's made in partnership with the Environment Agency (EA). Shouldn't the Caversham Flood scheme EA team be applying these approaches? e.g. keep 'wiggles' in river instead of straightening it with that conveyancing channel, slowing the flow instead of speeding it up? youtu.be/21YAP8RF_sw
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I think that’s how the river used to be. It certainly had bigger water meadows 400 years ago.
GLOBE is supporting this cleanup event on 8th March. The plan is to cover Christchurch Meadows as well as Hills Meadow and View Island. Start time is 10am in the carpark at Hill's Meadow. All welcome, but please let us know in advance if you are coming, either message us or email [email protected]
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.Join the Woodland Improvement Team tomorrow (Tues 11th) for some tree planting at Bugs Bottom in Caversham. Meet by the main entrance off Hunter's Chase for 10am. We've got 300-350 native tree species trees to plant!
Follow the link for more details:
www2.tcv.org.uk/cgi-bin/volunteer/activity-details?id=31995;date=2020-02-11;search=RG47XG
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GLOBE supporters have been busy planting up a gap in the hedge at the Grove Road allotments and smaller gaps along the edge of Emmer Green Recreation ground. Thanks to help from several local residents as well as EGRA and The Conservation Volunteers.
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Fantastic work Globe! Thank you so much from the Emmer Green residents 👍
Thank you 🙏I have been waiting for the council to do this after a guy drove through the hedge a couple of years ago. ⚠️
Missing you guys and girls x
Thanks to Richard Denney for sharing this - Reading gets a mention. As Richard observes “ more hot air and no progress!”
Urban populations in south-east at greatest risk from air pollution
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More than one in 19 deaths in UK’s largest towns and cities linked to exposure to toxic airGreat work by the Econet Conservation Volunteers who have completed the hedglaying at Balmore Walk this week
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It looks really good
It looks wonderful. Thank you all.
This new woodland project is launching on Tuesday 7th January at Bugs Bottom (meet at the bottom of Hunter's Chase, Caversham at 11am). Volunteers are sought to help with tree planting, coppicing and other woodland management tasks
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Volunteers Sought to Support Local Woodland Project – Reading Council News
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Community Leisure, Sports & Parks Volunteers Sought to Support Local Woodland Project December 17, 2019 Victoria Nickless The Conservation Volunteers VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help improve local woodlands, as part of a three and a half year conservation project launching in the New Year. Thr...Comment on Facebook Community Leisure, ...
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Golf Club and Redrow run roughshod over community wishes
KEG has learnt with regret, but not surprise, that Reading Golf Club, with developers Redrow Homes, plan to submit a planning application to build on the WHOLE of the land within Reading Borough Council.
They have blatantly chosen to disregard Reading's Local Plan and the careful consultation that took place with local people.
KEG has been accused of scaremongering but our worst fears appear to be coming true. This application will almost inevitably be followed by another to build on the land within South Oxfordshire once the opportunity arises.
KEG will fight vigorously any application to build on the Golf course land because of the potentially harmful effects on local residents from pollution and traffic congestion as well as the loss of valuable and irreplaceable green space, woodland and wildlife habitat.
PLEASE SUPPORT US NOW - join our campaign to
KEEP EMMER GREEN and fight the developers.
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Flood Risk Awareness & Climate Change Adaptation Event
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An event to provide information about flood risk to the residents of Caversham. The guest speaker is Chris Beales, Chair of Reading Climate Change Partnership (RCCP). Chris is a Hydrologist with o…Public update on our first Climate Change Adaptation Plan (22 Oct)
Public update on our first Climate Change Adaptation Plan (22 Oct)
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The Reading Climate Change Partnership commissioned a first Adaptation Plan for Reading. This will help us to understand some of the climate-related risks that we face in our town. It will a…
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.Caversham GLOBE oppose EA planned Flood scheme of Walls and Bunds – Asking for natural Flood defences
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Sara Byard, I think you will be interested in this if you haven't already seen it.
It makes my blood boil that they plan to destroy the beautiful riverside area 😡😡😡 xxx
Upstream: Microplastics in UK rivers
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Worth noting that part of this problem in Reading is due to bins overflowing, animals/birds rummaging through bins or very windy weather. Once the litter is outside the bin it often does not get collected and then can blow into the rivers. A redesign of the bins or larger bins could go a long way to solving this. Also by Clearwater House I noticed a lot of festival rubbish was not cleared up after the Bank Holiday and subsequently blew into the river.
Your role in combating climate change by ReadingCAN
Your role in combating climate change by ReadingCAN
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Come along to learn more about the new Reading Climate Action Plan at the Reading Town Meal workshop tentGrow for Reading Town Meal
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Grow for Reading Town Meal: a celebration of local sustainable food
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people or changed who can see it, or it's been deleted.Lecture on Flood Risk in Reading
Lecture on Flood Risk in Reading
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£5 entry !!!!
Time to ReThink HS2
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108 ancient woodlands are set to be damaged or destroyed by HS2. Along with hundreds of other precious wildlife sites. It’s time to stop and think. If the Government is serious about the Climate and Environment Emergency we face it needs to act quickly and get on a different track. #ReThinkHS2This was the shocking state of St Martins Precinct this afternoon. The bins have not been emptied since last week and the whole area is strewn with litter and flies buzzing around disgarded food. Yesterday volunteers from Caversham GLOBE cleaned up the precinct but today it was too much so we called Reading Borough Council's Festival Hotline, only to be told that RBC would not be cleaning it as the precinct is private property. That may be so, but in previous years RBC have cleared litter from the precinct if not emptied the precinct bins. After all, RBC are paid by Festival Republic to keep the whole area clean during the Festival. However if its the responsibility