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FREE MENTAL health awareness courses are available to Wokingham residents, thanks to Activate Learning. The education group has launched a scheme to help people get a better understanding of mental...

A CHARITY May market will be popping up in Wokingham town centre on bank holiday Monday. The Wokingham Lions Club has organised the event, which will take place next to...

A WOKINGHAM runner wants to raise £100,000 with his latest charity fundraiser. Steve Butler is planning to run 62 miles (100km) from London to Brighton to support Wokingham’s local Samaritans...

A BINFIELD man has praised the counselling support from Thames Hospice, after his Dad died. Tom Page has been receiving emotional support from the hospice’s Patient and Family Support Team...

A look at Kush is the focus for the next lecture from the Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society. The group will be meeting on Zoom on Saturday, June 5. The...

SPORT in Mind marked its 10th anniversary earlier this spring. The Berkshire-based charity was founded in 2011 by chief executive Neil Harris, who created an exercise programme for a friend...

First Days Children's Charity was started in 2013 in response to needs in the local community in Berkshire. Quite simply: there were people with stuff they didn’t need and people...

A CANCER charity founded by a Wokingham woman has launched a space bra in collaboration with the UK Space Agency. On Saturday, Walk the Walk held its virtual MoonWalk event,...

NEW HOMEOWNERS at Elms Field were given a helping hand to start growing their own.  To mark National Gardening Week at the start of May, David Wilson Homes teamed up...

Wargrave Local History Society welcomed back highly regarded local historian Catherine Sampson for their May meeting. She gave her presentation on Royal Weddings, using Zoom, with even more members joining...