Refugee Charity

REFUGEE CHARITY - By Raveena Hargun

Refugees are people who have fled war, violent conflict, or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country.

Reading Refugee support group is located on the first floor RISC 35-39 On London Street Reading RG1 4PS They are open Monday to Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm. There are a number of groups that can help you. Organisations can offer advice and Vio services, training, jobs, funding, knowledge base. Some local organisations that could help are Reading community lottery, Reading community grants and Vcs emergency services. There is news and event information on the RVA website. If you want to have a look it is https://rva.org. uk/news/. You can also volunteer to help RVA and the community. They do activities such as holding a drop in centre which can offer help. Homework clubs that help independent schools: three sessions a week, held by two schools. Including caseworker one to one sessions. There is also a women’s lunch group that helps keep people safe and provides support such as aiding in achieving personal goals, education, and language development. Around 15 people will attend each week. The job club helps people become employed by focusing on their CV and providing helpful information. Finally, volunteers will work with individuals and families to develop their English language skills. How can you support the charity? You can donate or volunteer to help the charity. The charity also helps people from Syria and Afghanistan to find homes and assist them in the other ways discussed. They support many communities, helping them to succeed. In addition to this, RVA recently did a Covid event on the 25th of January 2022. Which was to provide the vaccine to people and to provide emotional support for those grieving. Lateral flow tests and PCR tests were also carried out.

LOVE TO PLAY GAMES THEN GO TO SPINNERS - By Raveena Hargun

Spinners is a place where you can play crazy golf, bowling and darts and eat food and also have fun with your family and friends. This place is located in Broad Street Mall, the Queen Walk is next to The Biscuit Factory. You can book a slot online and select which games you want to play and the times you want to play them and can support up to 10 people per group. A lot of people have left positive reviews and have had a very good time at spinners. One positive review said; “We really enjoyed our evening playing crazy golf. There was absolutely no social distancing possible as it was quite busy. The golf was good value for money but the drinks were expensive which would prevent this from being a regular night out. The staff that we dealt with were super friendly and we had a good time. I would recommend going here as they also have bowling and darts.” This review has some interesting points, the drink prices were brought up in other reviews and is helpful feedback for the business. you just need more time to play the games, especially bowling. At least two rounds of bowling would be good. The food was very nice, especially the pizza. In the future hopefully they add more food options on their menu. But overall Spinner’s is a good pace to have some fun especially on special occasions. Also, the place is very easy to find and everything has good accessibility.