 Winter vaccination campaign set to get underway
The main flu and Covid-19 vaccination campaigns by the NHS began this month.
Getting vaccinated every year will top up your protection and reduce your risk of getting severe symptoms. You can get both vaccines if you:
- Are aged 65 and over (including those who will be 65 by 31 March 2025)
- Have certain health conditions
- Are pregnant
- Are a frontline health or social care worker
- Live in a care home for older adults
You can book a flu vaccination or Covid-19 vaccination appointment online or by using the NHS app.
Children aged two and three can get the children's flu vaccine at their GP surgery. School-aged children will get their vaccine through their school or a community clinic.
 Planning ahead to protect and improve green space
The final draft of our , which sets out how the borough should grow and develop to 2040, includes a raft of measures to improve our natural environment.
As well as identifying suitable sites for housing and other types of development, as Local Green Spaces, 13 more areas as valued landscapes and six sites of urban landscape value.
This would ensure that their importance to our borough’s unique identity can be recognised in future planning decisions.
As part of the planned Loddon Valley Garden Village development to the south of the M4, the local plan also proposes new nature parks and a large new country park.
This would create more habitats for local wildlife while opening up substantial areas of land along the River Loddon and at Barkham Brook to the public for the first time.
Visit our for detailed information about the local plan, the role it will play in our future and the steps we’re taking to make it a reality.
 Halloween parade bringing magic to Woodley
A free Halloween parade is coming to Woodley town centre on Thursday 31 October.
Organised by the Woodley Town Centre Partnership, the event runs from 4.30pm to 6.30pm on the centre stage in the precinct.
It will feature a children's entertainer with dancing and magic tricks, as well as a parade from the stage to Waitrose. There will also be music, stalls and a costume competition.
The town centre garden will be decorated into a ghoulish graveyard and there will be spot prizes along the parade, along with certificates to all children taking part to say they have been enrolled into the school of magic.
Dinton Pastures Halloween events
 Go on Paulo's Circus adventure at Dinton Pastures
Have you booked your tickets yet? Paulo's Circus is getting ready to bring you jaw-dropping entertainment at Dinton Pastures until Sunday 13 October.
With a history spanning more than 200 years, the circus is acclaimed for blending traditional acts with modern twists. Their shows promise to excite audiences of all ages with breath-taking performances and heart-pounding thrills.
Each show lasts around 1 hour 15 minutes. Don't miss out - book your tickets online, available from £8 per person.
 Park and Ride for a pound
Have you taken advantage of the £1 park and ride offer yet?
Whether you are a regular visitor to Reading for work or education, or less frequent such as hospital appointments or socialising, using the park and ride has lots of benefits, including:
- Saving money on parking, fuel and wear and tear on your car
- Beating the queues with dedicated bus lanes
- Taking the stress out of sitting in traffic jams and finding parking spaces
- Reduce your own carbon footprint and pollution in congested areas
Last month a weekday service returned to Winnersh Triangle, and the re-introductory offer to park and ride for £1 per person is still available. The service runs four times an hour on weekdays (6.45am to 6pm) and Saturdays (8am to 6pm).
The offer has been extended to Mereoak park and ride, off the A33, and, in part, to Thames Valley park and ride at Thames Valley Park in Earley.
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