The popular, high-tech competition to encourage Reading residents to walk and cycle more is back in 2015 - from 29th April to 24th June. - that's 56 days to get more active. Reading Borough Council through its Public Health division and the NHS Commissioing Groups for South Reading (the bulk of the town south of the Thames) and North and West Reading are jointly funding the return of this popular public campaign.

Out Winter get-together for members and their guests has been moved to Tuesday, 10th February and will now take place at the RISC Cafe on London Street from 6.15pm. Food is available from Tutu's Ethiopian Table and there are drinks of the most varied kinds at the Cafe. A chance to meet in a quite different setting and get to know each other further. Bring your holiday snaps if you must!

We will be meeting between 6.15pm and 7:45pm on Wednesday, 25th February 2015 in the Reading Community Learning Centre, 94, London Street, RG1 4SJ (see Agenda for directions) . There will be a talk and discussion led by Karen Grannum, South Reading NHS CCG Manager on the planning for healthcare for South Reading for 2015/16. as well as further news and discussion about health care locally.

A free two-day 12-hour course on Mental Health First Aid is offered by Reading Community Learning Centre with support from Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, See the attached document for details.

The death rate for England and Wales has been about 3,700 above expected numbers since early December with 3,000 of the extra deaths among the over-75s according to the Office of National Statistics. Public Health England has suggested that flu could be the cause despite a successful flu vaccination campaign this winter. It will take more analysis to produce a definitive conclusion.