Our activities

You are invited to be a part of our future dialogue and development. 

Your involvement and contributions to the Friends regular bi-monthly meetings would be most welcomed. We have created a mailing list so that you can be kept fully updated with progress. Please use the contact form on this site to let us know if you would like to be added to the mailing list.

To date, ideas and progress have included: 

• Website  
• Improving Christchurch Road shopping parade (and adjacent area of land) - discouraging unsightly rubbish tipping.
• Litter bins: Planning for more litter bins, perhaps sponsored by the University (consolidating the University and the community). 
• University and Councillors engagement: Regular communication with Molli Cleaver (University Community Relations Manager) regarding improvements to the Green. Local councillors and the local MP have given their support to our aims and objectives and have supported some of the activities we have undertaken to-date.
• Submission of Funding application for a Heritage Board: In conjunction with the University, applications have been made to fund a Heritage Board for Christchurch Green, linking the University with the Community. The Board will feature the history of Whiteknights campus and the local area, to bring a point of belonging to the area for new residents and new students. Part funding for the Heritage Board has been received from RGSpaces and the University of Reading.
• Receiving regular feed-back from the Conservation Committee (CAAC) on areas of special interest. 

Also investigated and instigated: 

• Regular litter-picks in the vicinity. The litter situation is routinely monitored and reported
• Deliveries and loading bay (Christchurch Road shops)  
• Back Lane behind Christchurch Lane shops 
• Monitoring of cycle lanes, traffic calming measures
• Monitoring of planning applications, both new and those in progress