Official Sponsor Thames Water
The next Reading RESCUE is scheduled for the 8th to 11th of March 2012 but planning has already begun and we have already secured sponsorship from Thames Water.
Please get in touch with us via the contact page to register your event, or join one of the regular events taking place.
A couple of words from the main supporter and sponsor of the event:
Paul Gittings, Reading’s Borough Councils Lead Councillor for Environment and Climate Change, said: “After a busy summer on the river the areas can gather litter which is all the more obvious as the leaves die back and this can be a hazard to wildlife. We’re keen to hear from people who can spare a bit of time to help us with this vital clean up. We get such a fantastic response to our annual RESCUE event so I’m hoping this new clean up will prove to be just as popular and successful.”
Tracy Sacks, Community Investment and Education Manager for Thames Water, said: “We often take for granted that we live and work beside such a beautiful river. We rely on the Thames and its tributaries for our core business and are very pleased to sponsor RESCUE – our staff will be rolling their sleeves up to help.”
Thank you to everyone who helped make RESCUE 2011 such a success.
If you have photos you would like added to the Gallery on the right, please email them to andrew@andrewsansom.com
Congratulations to RESCUE! Winner of the Pride of Reading Environmental Project 2010.
Judges were impressed by the massive local effort put into our distinctly Reading event. The website itself was heralded as showing both the urban landmarks of Reading but also highlighting the environmental assets Reading holds, which can get neglected.
Get Reading wrote:
“A group of people who really get their hands dirty for the town won the Environmental Project award. The Rivers and Environmental Spaces Clean Up Event or RESCUE organises volunteers to clear up rubbish all over town.”
Attending the 7th Pride of Reading award ceremony, to accept the award on behalf of RESCUE was Ricky Josey, RESCUE Committee Chair, Sally Evans, Thames Water (sponsor) and Summreen Sheikh from RBC who coordinate the efforts of the 25 groups taking part over three days.
Pictured here with the award and Reading FC Manager Brian McDermott, Ricky said that he was shocked to win the award as the competition was tough. He added that ‘it’s great to have been part of the award ceremony and to feel inspired by the people of Reading who go that extra step to show compassion for each other’
Sally Evans from RESCUE main sponsor Thames Water, Brian McDermott from Reading FC, and Chair of the RESCUE Organising Committee Ricky Josey
Link to other winners :
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2081228_so_very_proud_of_reading
There is now also a Reading RESCUE Facebook Group that anyone is welcome to join.
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