 Portraits of Resilience
Please join the Reading Refugee Support Group for the Wokingham opening of Portraits of Resilience, a photographic exhibition celebrating sanctuary seekers whose lives, skills and cultures enrich our communities every day.
Through a series of striking portraits and personal stories, the exhibition highlights the resilience, talent and contributions of people helping to shape modern Britain.
The opening event will also include a panel discussion featuring some of the individuals whose stories are showcased in the exhibition, offering an opportunity to hear first-hand about their experiences.
Date: Monday 6 July
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Venue: Wokingham Library, Carnival Hub, Wellington Road, Wokingham, RG40 2AF
The exhibit will be displayed at Wokingham Library from Monday 6 July to Monday 27 July.
We look forward to welcoming you as we celebrate Refugee Week and the power of belonging, contribution and courage.
 Lower Earley Fun Day
Join us at Lower Earley Library for a fun-packed free family fun day with live music!
With stalls from Thames Valley Police, Citizens Advice Bureau, Brookside Health and Wellbeing, Places Leisure and My Journey, there's going to be lots to see and do.
For children who love crafting, Cowshed will be showing them how to make their own jewellery.
Trinity Church will be providing those all-important refreshments and lots of toys.
Come and join us at Lower Earley Library on Monday 3 August from 10am to 12 noon.
 Meet the author - John Cheshire
Hear John Cheshire talk about his debut novel System Lockout and the dark world of cyber-crime.
This is a free event, which is taking place at Lower Earley Library on Tuesday 21 July from 2pm to 3pm. There is no need to book.
 Scrabble Club
Have fun playing Scrabble while making new friends!
There's no need to book, just drop in and join in. All sessions are free and scrabble sets are provided.
Join us at Lower Earley Library every other Thursday. The next session will be held on Thursday 16 July from 4.30pm to 6.30pm.
 New Online Resources
Wokingham libraries have recently taken out subscriptions to two online resources, which you can access on the library computers or from home:
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Go Citizen contains information and practice tests to help you prepare for the Life in the UK citizenship test.
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Theory Test Pro provides practice tests to prepare for the driving theory test.
You can also access the following resources from the library computers:
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Ancestry Online is a family history website with access to census records, births, marriages and deaths records and much more.
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The British Newspaper Archive gives access to millions of historic local and national newspapers, dating from the 1700s to the 2000s.
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Access to Research gives access to publicly-funded academic research, e-journals and conference papers.
Go to the library website for links to all these resources.
 Citizens Advice drop In sessions
Citizens Advice bring their advice and support to you so that their services can easily be accessed by anyone who needs it:
- First Monday of the month, Lower Earley Library, 10am to 4.30pm
- Second Tuesday of the month, Twyford Library, 10am to 1pm
- Third Thursday of the month, Spencers Wood Library, 2.30pm to 5pm
- Fourth Friday of the month, Finchampstead Library, 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm
Can't make one of these? More sessions are held throughout the community.
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