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Family Centres
Wokingham Borough runs a family centre in the Ambleside, for more information contact Ambleside on 0118 3776444 or email office@amblesidecentre.co.uk

Family Support
Families who are need of help or advice can contact Wokingham Borough Council, Children Services on 0118 944 5363.

Flooding and Storm Damage
Wokingham Borough call in contractors to deal with flooding and any storm damage e.g fallen trees on the public highway. Contact 0118 9746335 or for out-of-hours emergencies (0800) 212111.

Fly tipping
Fly tipping is the dumping of rubbish onto any piece of land which does not have a licence to accept waste. To report instances of fly tipping contact Waste Services on 0118 974 6339 / 6307.

Free school meals
Children of families on low income may be entitled to free school meals. For more information contact the Contracts team on 0118 9746051.




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Gardening help for elderly or disabled council tenants
Elderly or disabled people who are not able to maintain their gardens, are able to get help from Wokingham Borough Council. Contact them on 0118 9743771 / 3772 for more information.

Garden of Remembrance
To remember your loved ones, you can purchase a plaque from Woodley Town Council to be displayed in the Garden of Remembrance in Woodford Park. Contact Woodley Town Council on 0118 9690356, for more information.

Garden Waste
Green Bags for your garden waste are provided by Wokingham Borough Council. You can also collect a green bag from the Oakwood Centre. These are £5 each and must be paid for by cheque made payable to Wokingham Borough Council.

Golf courses
Golf courses in the area are:
Bearwood Golf Course, Sindlesham, 0118 979 7900 or email golf@bearwoodlakes.co.uk
Billingbear Park, Wokingham 01344 869259
Calcot Park, Calcot Reading 0118 9427124
Castle Royle, Reading, 01628 820700
Downshire, Wokingham, 01344 302030
Hurst, Hurst Wokingham, 0118 9344355
Mapledurham, Reading, 0118 9463353
Sonning Golf Club, Sonning, 0118 9693332

Grants
To apply for a grant contact Wokingham Borough Council on one of the numbers below.
Facilities grants for people with disabilities: 0118 9746 382
Student grants: 0118 9746 125
Voluntary Organisations: 0118 974 6016

Woodley Town Council awards grants to community groups that operate in Woodley or provide services that Woodley residents can make use of. For more information contact the Town Council on 0118 969 0356 or click here.

Guides
Division Commissioner: Karen Burrows
0118 9351341
www.girlguidingbulmershe.btik.com

Chalfont District, Lower Earley, 1 Guides Unit  Contact Julie Dennis on 0118 9866302, District Commissioner

Earley District 1 Guides Unit  Contact Kate Povey, District Commissioner, 0118 9622879

Loddon District, Charvil, Hurst, Sonning & Twyford, 3 Guides Contact Diane Reeves, District Commissioner, 07813 433493


Woodley Green District, 2 Guides Units Contact Pauline Needham, District Commissioner, 0118 926 7724


Woodley Lakeside District 2 Guides Units  Contact Karen Burrows, Division Commissioner

Guides 10-14 Years

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Halls for hire
Woodley Town Council has halls and rooms available at the Oakwood Centre, Chapel Hall and Coronation Hall to hire out. Contact the Bookings Officer or the Centre Manager on 0118 9690356 
For halls and rooms at Woodford Park Leisure Centre call 0118 9216969.

Highways
Wokingham Borough Council is the highways authority; and maintains the district's roads, footways and roadside verges. Some useful numbers follow:
Ditched drainage: 0118 974 6335
Dropped kerbs: 0118 974 6327
Gully cleansing (gutters): 0118 974 6335
Grass cutting on road verges: 0118 974 6343
Highways inspectors: 0118 974 6302 / 6303
Illegal signs on highway: 0118 974 6302 / 6303
Road signs: 0118 974 6692
Street cleansing: 0118 974 6339 / 6307
Street name plates: 0118 974 6322
Traffic signals and traffic management: 0118 974 6331

Home Care Service
Wokingham Borough Council Community Care Team provides personal care to enable people to remain living in their own houses as independently as possible. Contact Community Care Service at Wokingham Borough Council on 0118 9746 800 or email homecare@wokingham.gov.uk

Hospitals
Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road Reading RG1 5AN
Telephone 0118 322 51 11 NOT 01189


Housing Advice and Homelessness
Contact Housing Advice at Wokingham Borough Council on 0118 974 6754 / 6752






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Job centre
Reading Job Centre, Friar Street, 0118 980 8200
Advance Prospects Ltd, Lower Earley, 0118 931 4200
Novartus Recruitment Ltd, Lower Earley, 0118 975 5205
Optimal Staffing Ltd, Woodley, 0118 944 9149
Wokingham Job Support Centre Wokingham, 0118 977 0517 www.wokingham-berkshire.org.uk




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Kerbside Recycling Scheme
There are special boxes provided by Wokingham Borough Council for recycling cans, plastic bottles and papers. Contact the Waste Team on 0118 9746 339 / 6307

 

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