Lifestyle

CHILDREN are invited to design a mascot to help people feel more comfortable at local hospitals. The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT) is inviting anyone aged one to 16...

BARRIERS installed in Wokingham’s town centre to help with social distancings are to be removed from this Sunday.  Rectory Road is to be restored to two lanes of traffic in...

Thames Hospice reopened its Wokingham store last Friday to a crowd of eager shoppers and supporters. The charity’s chief executive Debbie Raven was joined by the Mayor of Wokingham Borough,...

A WOODLEY breast cancer support charity is appealing for help from people who have been through the process of chemotherapy. Chemogiftbags will be marking its fifth anniversary this October, in...

DOCTORS are being urged to signpost patients to gardening and nature projects locally to help those whose mental health has suffered during lockdown. The Reading Gardening for Health and Wellbeing...

AS LOCKDOWN starts to ease and venues start to welcome visitors again, a new exhibition will be manna from heaven. Wokingham-based artist Sarah Abell is displaying some of her ceramic...

A FORMER Wokingham Borough Council has passed away. Helen Power, who served on Evendons ward, stood down in February last year, just nine months after being elected.  Announcing her decision...

Crucial to creating a calming environment, sounds are often overlooked in gardens.  But listening and focusing on the sounds of your garden can provide essential moments of mindfulness and will...

When talking about volunteering the focus usually falls on how a volunteer may help others and improve their lives or give them valuable support to deal with a particular challenge....

FINCHAMPSTEAD care home residents were treated to an afternoon concert thanks to an armed forces charity. Around 23 residents and staff from Wild Acres Care Home enjoyed an afternoon of...