If you’re called from 01189 373720 please answer, so they can take you through a tracing questionnaire, signpost to support and help you identify who you’ve been in direct and close contact with. It is an outbound only number, so if you miss a call from them please call the service back on 01189 373797.

They can assist with local support and advice and help you take action to stop the spread of the virus in Reading and keep your family and friends safe and well. The team are working seven days a week to help stop the spread of COVID-19; Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am to 1pm.

Find out more about local contact tracing and test and trace here on our website.

Keeping Active To Help Body And Mind This Winter
 
Through our ‘Stay Well In Reading This Winter’ campaign this week we are encouraging people to get active. Even just 20 minutes a day can really make a difference to wellbeing, providing huge benefits to your physical and mental health.  Our video below with Laura from Sport In Mind will give you some ideas of what you can do and the benefits exercise brings, and we also have some tips below on how to cut down your acohol intake as it is Alcohol Awareness Week – or get support if you or someone you know if struggling. You can find all this and much more on our dedicated page here.
 
You will also be able to get out on your bike more in future, with good news this week that Reading has been awarded over £1m to create permanent new cycle schemes. This will make travelling by bike in Reading easier in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and beyond. The Active Travel funding award from the DfT is a real vote of confidence in us to successfully deliver permanent new schemes, as many local authorities around the country received less money than they expected. We are now waiting on full guidance from the Department for Transport before finalising which of the proposed cycle schemes to bring forward, and will consult widely with local communities, including local residents and businesses, and all road users before decisions are made.
 
The new schemes are in addition to temporary cycle schemes already in place at a number locations across town as part of the first phase of our Active Travel programme. More details on those, and the new proposals, are here.

Seeking The Views Of Reading's Young People
 
Finally, we’re currently working to understand how we can communicate key Covid-19 messages in an engaging way to young people living in Berkshire, and we would like your help to do it. Our Insights survey has been designed to understand people’s views and attitudes towards COVID-19, current guidelines and existing communications and messaging, and we are offering a chance to win a £50 shopping voucher as a thank you for taking part. We want to hear from everyone, but currently have a low number of responses from young people, so if you are under 30 or can forward this on for completion to someone who is, then the link is www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/PHBerkshireCOVID-19/.
 
Thank you.