RAN’s Eleventh Forum “Delivering advice from home, online and by phone – advantages, disadvantages and issues” The Eleventh RAN Advice Forum was an online Zoom video meeting, primarily to discuss how the delivery of information, advice and guidance had had to change since March 2020, effectively the start of the … Read more
RAN’s Twelfth Advice Forum “Strengthening links between RBC Councillors and RAN member organisations” The Twelfth Reading Advice Forum was an online Zoom video meeting, with a presentation by Councillor Rachel Eden and Councillor Adele Barnett-Ward on the strengthening the links between Reading Borough Council Elected Members and RAN member organisations. … Read more
RAN’s Seventh Advice Forum “Debt: How the Voluntary Sector helps citizens of Reading” Reading Advice Network supports information and advice-giving organisations, and our Forum in April 2019 looked at how all such organisations can better help people when they are struggling with debt, what causes people to go into debt … Read more
Before the Advice Forum held on 12th April 2019, we were pleased to award Age UK Reading with their RAN Quality Standard certificate. Here’s Matt Taylor receiving the certificate. That was followed by Reading Advice Network ourselves receiving the Safe + Sound certificate. Here’s Hazel Wright receiving that certificate.
joint RAN/Healthwatch Reading report agreed by Reading’s Health & Wellbeing Board Following the second Reading Advice Forum on 30th May 2017, RAN and Healthwatch Reading produced a joint report which was submitted to the Reading Health & Wellbeing Board on 13th July 2018. Some of the time gaps have been … Read more