WE’RE living in unprecedented times as the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact our everyday lives.
Here at the Reading Chronicle, we have launched a Covid-19 campaign to offer a much-needed lifeline to concerned and vulnerable residents in Reading amid the pandemic.
This campaign has expanded and strengthened since it was launched last month all in a bid to support you, our loyal readers, and your community.
As a local newspaper, we have pledged to offer our readers a community lifeline each week.
As well as bringing you all the latest news and reaction, we deliver essential healthcare advice, include a weekly directory of important contact numbers and bring you expert tips from people across the UK.
We try to focus on the positive efforts being made by the heroes of our community highlighting individuals’ courage and optimism during these testing times.
We have vowed that whatever happens, we will be #ThereWithYou to help you make sense of the situation and to steer you towards any help you might need.
How can you get involved?
The news we deliver on a weekly basis is essential for those who cannot get out, do not have access to the internet and are isolated from friends and family.
We call on our readers to support them – help with shopping and maintenance, but make sure to get a copy of The Chronicle as well as their milk and bread.
We want to get as much information and advice out to these amazing neighbours as is humanly possible.
So help us and those you care about and #buyyourneighbourapaper.
Support our guardian angels
Now more than ever, we are reliant on our doctors, nurses and medical staff in our NHS hospitals.
These guardian angels of the community are serving on the frontline under impossible pressure to save lives.
Newsquest, the company which runs the Reading Chronicle, is supporting NHS Charities Together and their urgent Covid-19 appeal which is raising money to support workers and volunteers at the frontline of the pandemic.
READ MORE: Newsquest launches Support Our Guardian Angels campaign.
We are asking our kind readers to help where they can to show their appreciation.
You can get involved and support our campaign by sharing our appeal and telling us why you are thankful for the NHS #ThankYouNHS on social media using the link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-our-nhs-guardian-angels.
One Reading Community Hub
The Reading Chronicle is also supporting Reading Borough Council (RBC) and its One Reading Community Hub action line.
Pinned to the top of our website is the action line number which is there to connect people in need of help with volunteers, organisations and services who can support them during the pandemic.
READ MORE: COVID-19 HELPLINE: Call One Reading Community Hub 0808 189 4325 for support.
The One Reading Community Hub is a partnership between Reading Borough Council, Reading Voluntary Action and Reading’s wide and varied voluntary and community sector.
The number to call is 0808 189 4325. The line is open 9am-5pm, five days a week.
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