Seventy-seven deadly sins

from Reading Today, February 9, 2023

HORNETS’ TWO-GOAL LEAD

READING’S drag monarch is set to turn Bar 77 into a little slice of Hell with their latest drag show.

Big Jay, who recently celebrated their first anniversary as a drag artist, has announced that their Big Drag Show will be creating Seven Deadly Sins.

Having performed at Reading Pride and the inaugural Trans Pride event last year, Big Jay will return to their hosting duties as Bar 77’s resident drag artist and play the part of The Devil for the evening.

They’ll be joined by Amelia Dreams as the Sin of Lust, Dorian Gay as the Sin of Envy, Duac as the Sin of Sloth, Meatgirl as the Sin of Gluttony, Mx Mel Anin as the Sin of Wrath, Pump King as the Sin of Pride, and Tony Baloney as the Sin of Greed.

It is the first of a regular by referral, and community information.

It is hugely popular and people can start queueing an hour before it opens.

For more details, call: 0118 926 3941, email: office@ communicare.org.uk, or log on to www.communicare.org.uk

ENGAGE BEFRIENDING is a charity that aims to reduce isolation and loneliness, to older residents, through a volunteer befriending scheme. It also runs Engage Wellbeing, which aims to help adults make positive choices to maintain or improve their emotional and mental wellbeing.

In 2022, it helped more than 500 people, trained 249 people and ran 113 activities.

For more details, or to make a referral, log on to: engage-uk. org or call: 0118 995 2102.

The food bank is Reading is called READIFOOD, and provides emergency food parcels to help people in need. As well as provisions, they can include toiletries, nappies and other essentials.

It is a referral service –people cannot request a parcel for themselves. Instead, they should approach Reading Borough Council, social services, a doctor, a school or a professional body or agency that can vouch for the need.

For those in desperate need, the charity encourages people to call its office for an assessment. Parcels can be delivered to the home address or to the referring agency.

For more details, call the charity on: 0118 987 2672, or log on to https://readifood.org.uk/

Those who live in Woodley, Earley and Lower Earley should call WOODLEY FOOD BANK on 0118 969 9956.

And people who live in Theale, Thatcham, Mortimer and Burghfield can contact NEWBURY FOOD BANK on 01635 760560.

STARTING POINT is a charity that provides mentoring for young people aged between 11 and 25, and works in partnership with Saint Laurence Church in Reading’s town centre.

For more details, log on to: https://startingpoint.org.uk/ or call: 0118 995 2160.

And TORCH HUB is a network of help hubs run by churches across the town with the aim of providing help to those who would otherwise struggle to get support, or fall through the gaps of existing support of provision.

This includes free practical help, signposting to schemes that can provide support, and a community action scheme that aims to benefit the wider community.

Examples of urgent help it can offer include being able to collect shopping or prescriptions for people who are housebound, or linking up to another charity or organisation that can provide longer-term support.

It also offers help with confidence building, for those who get anxious about social interactions, or attending appointments.

It runs drop-in cafes across the week: on Wednesdays from 10.30am to noon at Abbey Baptist Church in Reading town centre, from 7.30pm to 9pm on the same day at Grace Church in Caversham.

On Thursdays, it runs from 2pm to 4pm at Trinity Church in Lower Earley, while on Fridays from 10am to noon at St Nicolas Church, also in Lower Earley. For more details, call: 0118 380 0260, email help@torchhub. org.uk, or log on to: torchhub. org.uk n Help is also available via Reading Borough Council: reading.gov.uk/money-matters series of casted shows to be hosted by Big Jay, and replacing the Reading’s Got Drag residency competitions at the venue, which took place throughout last year.

The organisations are all linked to TRANSFORM READING, an umbrella network for most churches running across Reading.

Big Jay’s Big Drag Show: Seven Deadly Sins takes place on Saturday, February 18th, from 8pm at Bar 77, downstairs at The Outlook on Kings Road. n Early bird tickets are £9, available online via www. outsavvy.com,

READING BOROUGH COUNCIL

The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure)

Order 2015 Notice of applications for planning permission under Article 15 of the Order

APPLICATION FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT

All comments must be received within 21 days and will go on public view.

221506: 1015 Oxford Road, Tilehurst, Reading, RG31 6TL - Proposed erection of a new block of 12 number flats, following demolition of existing dwelling.

APPLICATIONS AFFECTING LISTED BUILDINGS AND/OR

CONSERVATION AREAS

All comments must be received within 7 days and will go on public view.

221880: 23-24 Market Place, Reading, RG1 2DE - Change of use of first and second floors from Class E to 6 no 1 bed flats use C3

221881: 23-24 Market Place, Reading, RG1 2DE - Internal and external alterations including new ventilation outlets to rear elevation associated with proposed change of use of first and second floors from Class E to 6 no 1 bed flats use C3 under planning application ref. 221880

These applications can be viewed online http://planning.reading.gov.uk/fastweb_PL/welcome.asp

Anyone wishing to make representations can submit comments online or write, quoting the application number, to Planning, Reading Borough Council, Civic Centre, Bridge Street, Reading RG1 2LU.

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