Partner Agencies

FAITH Christian Group runs a number of projects to help those who are most vulnerable in the Reading area. Its activities include:

• ReadiFood – Reading’s food bank, providing emergency food parcels
• ReadiStreet – a hot refreshment, sustenance and more for those
• B4N – bed for the night – shelter during the winter months
• Stepping Stones – a helping hand from the street into accommodation

Can you help?

FAITH Christan Group needs donations of: deodorant; tinned fruit, ready meals and vegetables; and nappies (size 6).

If you would like to donate please ring FAITH Christian Group before coming on 0118 9872672 or email Readifood (opens mail window).

Faith Christian Group also take monetary donations (opens new window).

The office is open for donations from 11am – 2pm.
33 Boulton Road, Reading. RG2 0NH

We work alongside FIRST Stop, where paramedics from SCAS (South Central Ambulance Service) and volunteer first aiders give on-the-spot medical assessment and treatment.

FIRST Stop is available every Friday and Saturday night from 9:00 pm to 3:00 am.

We are the Open Table Network (OTN) – a growing partnership of communities across England & Wales welcoming and affirming people who are:

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, & Asexual (LGBTQIA)+ our families, friends & anyone who wants to belong in an accepting, loving inclusive community.

• We welcome people of any faith, colour or background.
• We welcome people of every gender identity and sexual orientation.
• We meet, in person and on zoom at Reading Minster on one Monday evening a month at 7.30pm.
• We find God and each other in our gatherings, and that gives us time and peace to grow together.

Our name, ‘Open Table’ is your open invitation to come in, just as you are, and be with us, in a safe, affirming community.

For further information or the Zoom link:
email reading@opentable.lgbt
or call 0118 9571057

www.inclusive-church.org (opens in new window).

Parents and Children Together – PACT – is one of the UK’s leading independent adoption agencies, placing children with secure and loving families and supporting them with specialist therapeutic support.

PACT also runs community projects supporting vulnerable children and adults facing a range of issues including domestic abuse, homelessness and debt.

Reading Refugee Support Group – RRSG – upholds the spirit of the The Refugee Convention of 1951, obligating the United Kingdom to protect and respect the rights of Refugees.

It is committed to reducing poverty, suffering and social isolation of people who have already faced unimaginable persecution and hardship.

• Citizens UK – https://www.citizensuk.org/
• What’s on in Reading – https://whatsonreading.com/
• Oxford Diocese – https://www.oxford.anglican.org/