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three weeks of activities start on 6th June in the Reading Climate Festival including walks, talks, craft activities, paddleboarding litter clean-up, community lunch, help with grow-your own and lots of advice on saving energy including a two day drop-in advice service and displays at the Bike Hub 20-21 June. Events are for adults, children, householders, businesses, educationalists .... and all are free. Look at the programme shown on the link below and sign up for those of interest.

In addition, the University is holding a talk at the Concert Hall and online lookmg at alternative scenarios for future climate change. This one on 15th June at 7pm needs to be booked through Reading Arts at http://whatsonreading.com

Reading Community Energy Society has launched a new Share Offer to raise additional capital to extend its portfolio of Solar PV Systems and increase the positive impact it is having in the Reading area.

Building on the success of three previous Share Offers, this new Share Offer seeks to raise £207,000 to fund the installation of a huge 609 solar PV panels on the Reading Buses Depot building on Great Knolly’s Street. This will increase their capacity by more than a third, increasing the carbon impact savings, and generating more for their community benefit fund.

The Share Offer is open until 30th June 2026. The minimum investment amount is £200, and the maximum is £20,000.

Download the information package (link below) to see the expected interest rates to be paid over the expected 20 year investment, and proposals to repay some of the capital earlier than this. Local people (RG postcodes) will get priority for this investment