We are delighted to launch the BRAND NEW website for Whitley Carnival. www.whitleycarnival.co.uk Launching on Sunday 11th June, the carnival will be Aspire2’s biggest ever event, and Reading’s biggest and brightest street party. We need as much help as possible from the local community to make it happen – if you are interested in volunteering, performing, walking in the carnival, […]
Our annual Year 5 University Day took place in November this year, with pupils from five schools being welcomed to the Palmer Building on Whiteknights campus. They all enjoyed a lecture in one of the university’s biggest and most impressive lecture theatres, on themes as diverse as History and Pharmacology. This was followed by a tour of the campus, with […]
We’re absolutely delighted to have been shortlisted in the Red Kite Days Berkshire Awards 2022, in the community support category. Aspire2 is one of only five organisations shortlisted, and the only one based in Reading. We are also by far the smallest charity to get this far – even though we are small we are definitely showing that we are […]
This summer, children from Whitley have been treated to a fantastic day out at Beale Wildlife Park. Over 250 Year 2 pupils in primary schools across Whitley were gifted entry to the park via the Child Beale Trust and Aspire2. For many children, this was their first trip to a wildlife park, and their first school trip since before […]
The Annual Daydream Harvest have been quietly working with Aspire2, Whitley Community Development Association and Schools and community to grow a rather beautiful and unique event on the streets of Whitley South Reading. Flamboyance ‘The World Turns Upsidown’ 2019