Charities In West Berkshire

Manages a Community Hall

The Charity owns a number of paintings, books, postcards and antique items of historical interest which all have a direct link with the Borough of Runnymede. Items are regularly displayed in the Chertsey Museum with the Literary items being stored at Royal Holloway College. The Charity looks to maintain and add to the Collections on a regular basis.

Fundraising for major refurbishment of The Old Bluecoat School

Male Voice choir promoting public education in music by presentation of choral concerts, participation in music festivals etc. Assists members by furthering their knowledge of music, especially male chorus music. Provides practical encouragement to young musicians, both vocal and instrumental. Raises money for good causes through concerts.

Musical education & recreation. Fundraising support to other charitable bodies via concerts etc.

Maintenance of a memorial garden and making of charitable donations

Calcot Schools PTFA aims to enhance the educational experience of children in our local community by working with our school, our parent body and the wider community. Our purpose is to fund raise, build strong relationships amongst parents, teachers and friends in our local community and support the educational enhancement of our young people.

School PTA for Theale Church of England Primary School

The Scout group offers 1 beaver colony, 1 cub pack & 1 scout pack.

Provision of services and resources for the benefit of the children of Brimpton Church of England Primary School.

meetings,dances,cricket changing & teas,lectures,pollingstation,weddings funerals,etc

To provide education/training mainly by self help. Exchange of knowledge & experience for mutual benefit. To provide recreational/social activities and moral support. Sporting activities.

Partnering with local organisations in the Reading area to help enhance publicly accessible (physical and virtual) spaces such as those associated with heritage sites, museums, libraries and other educational spaces and running a programme to increase the accessibility and learning potential of such facilities using IT.

Education - members of the institute work at a school emphasising a christian ethosSocial and pastoral - voluntary work in various locations including working with the homeless in the House of Mercy and counselling and other similar work in conjunction with another charity in Twickenham.

Furtherance of public interest and participation in singing. Running of 'Learn to Sing' type courses, singing workshops and performances to help other charities to raise funds, including: The Oxfordshire Association For The Blind, The Prostate Cancer Charity, The Oxford Story Museum and The Movember Foundation.

Provision of a venue for activities of various kinds in the community.

Provide band music for public entertainment and support of local events , fetes, shows and concerts in the general area of North West Hampshire and West Berkshire. To support fund-raising activities of local charities. To provide to people of all ages music tuition, personal development , experience and recreation through the playing of brass instruments.

Fuel allowance grants to the elderly. Grant contributions to cost of outings. Weekly coffee mornings (local methodist church, Mortimer).

The Friends of Wash Common Library was set up in 2017 as a response to the threatened closure of the library by West Berkshire Council. After a campaign lasting nearly two years the Friends, with support from Newbury Town Council, re-opened the library as a Community library. FoWCL fund and manage the library, it Is completely independent of WBLS and is run entirely by volunteers.

Kennet Opera is an amateur organisation which provides a vehicle through which members of the local community, of all ages, can experience all aspects involved in the staging and performing of classical opera, whilst helping to develop and support up-and-coming young professionals. We perform one staged opera per year in English with the aim of making opera accessible to a wider audience.

To advance education and to provide opportunities for recreational interests and activities particularly for older people in the Thatcham area who are no longer in full time employment.

To train volunteers drawn from Christian churches of different denominations to provide a listening ear and practical help to the socially marginalised and the needy. We typically patrol the streets of Newbury on Friday and Saturday nights and work in partnership with the police, local councils and a range of voluntary and statutory organisations in order to reach and help all those in need.

Parent teacher association. To support the school and raise money for additional resources.

The John Sykes Foundation is a grant giving charity focused on the town of Reading. The foundation's key objective is to improve the lives and wellbeing of individuals and communities where there is an element of disadvantage.

To apply capital and income to or for the benefit of distressed masons, their distressed widows and dependant children or to or for the benefit of such masonic charities or other charitable institutions, societies and objects as the Trustees shall think fit.