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Charities
Arts
Adult Education Johnson; 0118 959 4242;
Alzheimer’s Society
The Slater Centre, Buckner-
Croke Way, New Greenham
Park, Newbury, RG19 6HN.
Kim Westall,
support and development
worker:
01635 500869;
berkshire; alz.support@pop3.
Gill Brown, branch co-ordin-
ator:
01635 500870;
Berkshire Carers Service
St Giles House, 10 Church
Street, Reading; Jaqui
McGachie; 0800 9885462;
;
Campaign to Protect Rural
England
Englefield Estate Office
Annexe,
Englefield Road, Theale,
Berkshire,
RG7 5DZ. Gloria Keene,
branch secretary: 0118
9306756
cpre-Berkshire@btopenworld.
com
Cats Protection
Heatherpine, Curridge Road.
Karen Clarke, manager.
01635 200111; newbury@
;
Careers Springboard West
Berkshire
Broadway House
Wednesdays 1.45pm; David
Skyrme 01635 253545; www.
Children’s Information Centre
6 Queen’s Walk, Reading,
RG1 7QF
Mrs Laura Johnson Collard:
0118 950 9499; enquiries@
childrens
www.childrensinfo.
org
Community Furniture Project
Unit F, Hambridge Road
Industrial Estate, Bone Lane,
Newbury, RG14 5SS Luisa
Rayner, 01635 43933; www.
Dingley Promise
Poplar Place, Shaw, Newbury,
RG14 1NA; Louise Farmer,
manager: 01635 552458;
admin.westberks@dingley.
Eight Bells for Mental Health
Friends Meeting House, 1
Highfield
Avenue, Newbury, RG14 5DS;
Verity Murricane, chairperson;
07768 707646;
newbury.eightbells@gmail.
com
Greenham Trust
New Greenham Park,
Newbury, Berkshire, RG19
6HW; 01635 817444; www.
greenham-common-trust.
Healthwatch West Berkshire
Broadway House, 4/8 The
Broadway, Newbury, RG14
1BA; Andrew Sharp 01635
886210; contact@health-
www.
Home-Start West Berks
Broadway House, 4/8 The
Broadway, Newbury, RG14
1BA; Lynne Doherty 01635
760310;
Kennet Cassette (Talking
Newspaper for the Blind)
Mrs Sue Campbell: 2 Olive
Branch
Cottages, Folly Road, Inkpen,
Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17
9QB;
01488 668530
Macmillan Cancer Support
Linda Whitby, 0808 808 00 00
or 07974 531074; lwhitby@
www.mac-
Motor Neurone Disease
Association
(Reading & West Berkshire
branch)
J, 51 St Peters Avenue,
RG4 7DL; Joanna Knott;
07760854975; ReadingMND@
; www.mndrwb.
org
Multiple Sclerosis Society,
Newbury and district
14 Membury Way, Grove,
Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12
0BP; Roy Rayner, chairman;
;
01235 768260;
National Organisationof the
Widowed (Newbury branch)
Fairclose Day Centre,
Newtown Road, Newbury.
First Friday of month, 7.30pm.
0845 838 2261
National Autistic Society
(West Berkshire branch)
c/o 45 Curridge Piece,
Curridge,
RG18 9NB; John Kedar,
branch
officer: 01635 202155; john@
jdsbk.
westberk-
shire@
National Autistic Society
Befriending Scheme
P O Box 6204, Thatcham,
RG19 9QF, Trudi Clay,
Befriending Officer; 01635
869068; ;
Neurological Alliance West
Berkshire
2 Clayhill Crescent, Newbury,
RG14 2NP; John Holt, liaison
officer: 01635 33582;
Newbury and District Cancer
Care Trust
Deanwood Park Golf Club,
Baydon Road, Stockcross,
RG20 8JP; Helen Millroy,
executive
officer 01635 31542;
Newbury and District NCT
Helen Kenna, Newbury
Branch chair; 0844 243 6215;
infor@new
www.newburynct.
org;
For antenatal/postnatal class-
es:
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Adult & Community Learning
West Berkshire Council
Avonbank House, West Street,
Newbury, RG14 1BZ
; 01635
519060; aclteam@westberks.
Education Business Partnership
West Berkshire, Newspaper
House, Faraday Road,
Newbury, RG14 2DW.
Amanda Richards, CEO,
01635 279900; info@ebpwb.
Interakt, Ace Space Newbury,
Berkshire, RG14 5PR
Tsippy Mcauliffe
07900867704
University of the Third Age (U3A)
Broadway House, 4/8 The
Broadway, Newbury, RG14
1BA ; 01635
524099
Newbury College
Monks Lane, Newbury, RG14
7TD;
;
01635 845000;info@new-
Hungerford & District Community
Arts Festival
Catherine Hill, secretary:
; 01488
684901;
Newbury Art Group
Amanda Tipple, secretary:
The Old Mill House, Andover
Road, RG20 0LP; 01635
523409
Tadley & Baughurst Art Club
Hurst School, Brimpton Road,
Baughurst. Mrs D Lanham,
secretary, 01256 850298
Age UK Berkshire
Huntley House, 119 London
Street, Reading; Gary
Summer Crash Course 24th - 28th July
Compton, Newbury/Thatcham & Woodcote
CHILDREN’S SWIMMING LESSONS - Tel: 01635 201410
I
� Non-swimmers & Improvers
from 3½ yrs
� Snorkelling & Diving
� Deep End Stroke Improvers
� 6 children per class
� Teachers DBS checked
� Advanced & Club Level swimmers
� Term courses available