Our Community Food Collection programme:   

OUR NEXT FOOD COLLECTION WILL SOON BE ANNOUNCED - between 5pm and 6pm - CLICK HERE FOR COLLECTION ROUTES  

WE ARE COLLECTING FOOD TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE IN NEED

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE  - DONATE FOOD - LEAVE BAGS AT YOUR GATE AND WE WILL COLLECT 

Food you donate will be forwarded to vulnerable individuals, groups and families in Reading and appreciated more than you ever know. Making you a Hero in another’s eyes.

THE FOODS NEEDED:

The following are in great demand:

Tins of fruit, tuna, cooked meat
Pasta & sauces
Long life milk
Coffee
Squash
Jam, Peanut butter
Instant porridge
Cup a soup
Noodles
Instant custard

We need you to leave your donation at your gate / outside your property, so please:

· Ensure food is within a sealed watertight plastic bags

· Check that only requested foods are enclosed

. Download a copy of 'please stop here' label HERE and stick this in your window.

. NOT SURE – Email us at: secretary@readinglions.org.uk    

Please DO NOT DONATE if you or if any member of your household or someone within immediate contact with you are displaying symptoms of or are suffering with diagnosed Covid-19.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE A DESIGNATED DROP OFF POINTS 

Please respect that these are offering assistance alongside their primary services and that you adhere to distancing rules when parking and dropping off.

You can also drop off at:

Tilehurst Club, 12 Kentwood Hill, RG31 6DE Wednesday between 12.00 noon and 3pm.

Tilehurst British Legion, Downing Road, Tilehurst, RG31 5BB. Wednesdays between 10.00am to 12.00 noon. 

Tilehurst - there is a drop off box outside 8 Armour Hill, Tilehurst, RG31 6JS - look out for 'Bruno' the wooden bear outside the house!

Tilehurst - there is a drop off box outside 84 Thirlmere Avenue, Tilehurst RG30 6XL

Caversham: AW Cycles, 110 Henley Road, Caversham, RG4 6DH between 10.00am and 4.00pm. 

Please note: The shop is operating a closed door policy - Please ring the bell and a member of staff will collect.  

NOT SURE – Email us at: secretary@readinglions.org.uk    

Please DO NOT DONATE If you or if any member of your household or someone within immediate contact with you are displaying symptoms of or are suffering with diagnosed Covid-19.

NOT SURE – Email us at: secretary@readinglions.org.uk    

WANT TO HELP MORE?

Email here to assist with collections/deliveries locally Contact us 

Email here if your business/property can be used as a drop off point Contact us 

To donate on-line and support Reading Lions Club efforts just click the box

WHO ARE WE SUPPORTING?

We will be donating our May food collection to 'New Beginnings' - a Reading charity dedicated to the relief of poverty, financial hardship and homelessness.

During the pandemic they have increased the opening of their Community Fridge to every weekday providing food and living essentials to an average of 50 individuals and 23 families every day. Once a week they also provide a hot meal, cake and fruit to takeaway to those in need.

We are also donating our June food collections to the local foodbank managed by Whitley Community Development Association in Whitley.  They need all the help we can give as demand is increasing. 

"Thank you Lions for your support. Your donation today to Whitley Community development association is really appreciated."

We are all living in unprecedented times but Reading Lions Club is here to help when it can. Contact us if you know of someone in need of assistance or of a local cause that needs support. 

Our wider community has been fantastic in offering support but as we return to life outside of lock down, many volunteers will need to return to work.  Unfortunately for many, the need for support continues. All food donated will be delivered by Reading Lions to charities, groups and individuals in need in Reading.

The Lions Club of Reading is a registered charity (No. 1126848) - All club members are volunteers offering their time freely to support those in need in Reading.

                

We cannot thank those participating individually, so thank you so much for ensuring others are not going hungry today.  You are all Heroes.

WE ARE HELPING DURING THE CRISIS IN OTHER WAYS TOO: 

• supported the local 'love of scrubs' team so they could purchase materials to make scrubs and scrub bags
• donated supplies of mops, buckets and cleaning liquids to a local Women's refuge for use in their homes. 
• provided a donation to the ICU nurses at the Royal Berkshire Hospital so they can easily access healthy food whilst 'on the go'.

     

               

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We continue to look at new ways to help those in need. Contact us if you know of someone in need of assistance or of a local cause that needs support. The Lions Club of Reading is a registered charity (No. 1126848) - All club members are volunteers offering their time freely to support those in need in Reading.

The One Reading Community response hub action line is now live - call if you need help or can volunteer 

Reading Voluntary Action  

The number to call is 0808 1894325 (free phone).

The phone line is open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, and 9am to 1pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Residents, volunteers, businesses and organisations can also get in contact with the One Reading Community Hub online at https://www.reading.gov.uk/coronavirussupport