Slavery, Free Labour & Fair Trade
2023-10-20
Dr Joseph Yannielli of Aston University will explore how society has been grappling with the issue of fair trade since early industrialisation.

hood in the wood
2023-11-03
McAlistair Hood talks about his journey towards a more sustainable lifestyle that brings together sculpture using recycled stone and wild living & foraging in the woods of West Berkshire.

pharmanomics
2023-11-08
How big pharma threatens global health. Pharmaceutical companies make billions while billions of people are left without essential medicines. Author Nick Dearden exposes the current problems and shows a pathway to a fairer, safer system of producing medicines for all.

This Xmas, don’t just buy! BUY JUST
2023-11-09
Hear stories of our fair trade producers & a chance to browse our new ranges of toys from Sri Lanka by Lanka Kade & Weaving Hope, Christmas decorations from Kashmir & Palestine by Fair to Trade, accessories from Cambodia by Lost in Samsara, jewellery from India and Peru by JustTrade London. Sample fair trade wine & snacks.

Global Teacher Award Training
2023-11-15
The national Global Teacher Award (GTA) is suitable for teachers, HLTAs and TAs in all phases and subjects. GTA promotes skills, confidence and practical approaches to incorporate global learning into the curriculum, and active global citizenship into the school.

COURAGEOUS CAMPAIGNERS in COLUMBIA
2024-01-24
Cleodie Rickard from Global Justice Now will tell us about her factfinding trip to Colombia. She met people who are fighting for justice, members of the Wayúu community who are fighting against the development of a massive coal mine and others who are defending vital mountain wetlands against toxic metal mining.

CLIMATE EDUCATION & ACTION training & resourcesKS1-4
2024-01-25
Short Event DescriptionUnderstand how to implement the government’s

Are You A Global Teacher?
2024-03-14
Short Event Description

Let’s clear the way for a FOSSIL-FREE FUTURE
2024-03-27
Fossil fuel corporations are making billions from driving the climate crisis. Further climate chaos will negatively affect us all with extreme weather events. However, a global exit plan from coal, oil and gas, which would end the fossil fuel era quickly and fairly, is gaining ground.

Rooftop Garden Open Day
2024-04-28
Part of the Good To Grow week 2024

Palestine - News From Fair Trade Producers
2024-05-12
Cathi Pawson, co-founder of Zaytoun, will talk about the

There’s Water & then …There’s Water
2024-05-22
Mick Lacey (taga Marikina ang asawa ko) uses his lived

Event Title
2024-07-23

Messages From Gaza
2024-08-28
An evening of monologues, poetry, testimonials and music at Reading International Solidarity Centre. Bear witness to the experience of Gazans on the ground read by a variety actors, performers and artists, while sharing a safe space of collective solidarity and community. The night will also feature oud music played by the London-based improviser and composer Kareem Samara.

ilm A crude mistake? Uganda’s oil rush & the fight for climate justice
2024-09-25
Uganda is banking on major oil projects to create growth

Meet Mixy Fandino @ The World Shop
2024-10-12
Short Event DescriptionMeet Mixy Fandino @ The World Shop

Invest For Change - Investing in a Fairer World
2024-10-17
Short Event DescriptionSince 1990 Shared Interest has enabled millions of people across the world

Film - Where Olive Trees Weep
2024-10-25
Short Event Description Award-winning documentary that gives a searing picture of the struggles

Viva Reading - San Francisco Libre
2024-11-06 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | conference hall

A celebration - Palestine, Lebanon & Yemen
2024-11-09 19:00 - 22:00 | conference hall
Tickets £10 https://www.tickettailor.com/events/whitekitecollective/1446380 Join us in solidarity, bring your passion & voices. Funds raised from this event will go directly to charities working on the ground in Palestine, Lebanon & Yemen. Zaytoun Fair Trade products – supporting Palestinian Farmers – will be available for purchase.

Water, a right or commodity?
2025-01-29 07:30 - 22:00 | conference hall
Water is an essential resource. We all need it to stay alive. Yet a number of major cities are warning that they could run out of water unless their water use radically changes. How can we ensure that everyone has enough? Should we allow multinational companies to bottle it for profit?
Wed 29 Jan 7.30pm • free donations • RISC 35-39 London St RG1 4PS.
A joint RISC and Global Justice Reading event.
Contact Jackie Oversby 07745310794

Stand up to corporate courts
2025-03-26 07:30 - 21:30
A Uk trade deal is letting companies undermine action and human rights. It is using corporate courts to enable multinational mining firms to sue Colombia for $13 billion.
Colombia is taking a stand and has asked for our help. Find out how the mining companies are able to claim this money and how we can stop them.
Mon 17 March 7.30pm • free donations • RISC 35-39 London St RG1 4PS.
Contact Jackie Oversby 07745 310794

Climate Change, Women’s Health & Aid
2025-05-28 19:30
What can save trees, reduce carbon emissions & help the poorest?’
Simon Batchelor, Research Coordinator of a huge ‘clean cooking’ African & Asian project, has an exciting new approach that does just that. Come & hear him talk…
It has been said that Carbon Financing is phoney.
But does that have to be true?

Trade for Peace
2025-05-10 18:00
Philippe Adaime (CEO, Fair Trade Lebanon), Donal Guerin (Zaytoun), Shiwa Masoudian (Papital Gallery) & Roy Scott (One Village) will talk about their success stories & update us on the current challenges they are facing.

Rooftop Garden Climate Action Crafternoon
2025-05-29 13:30 - 15:30
Join us in RISC’s rooftop garden to find our where in the World our food comes from. Have a go at zine making, collage art and global food growing.
This event is part of Reading Children’s Festival. For more information see: Reading Children’s Festival 2025 | What’s On Reading

risc roof garden summer events: 2025
2025-06-08
Sun 27 April •
Sun 8 June Big Green Week •
Sun 20 July •
Sun 14 Sept Rdg Heritage Trail …..
Award-winning sustainable garden: 185 species, low maintenance, multi-use perennial planting, edible forest, water harvesting, hard landscaping with renewable/recycled/reused materials

The Future Of Food
2025-07-09 19:30 - 21:00 | conference hall
A small number of corporations control our food. Does this make our food supply vulnerable? What can we do about it?
There will be a book stall provided by RISC.

risc roof garden summer events: 2025
2025-07-20 12:00 - 16:00
Sun 20 July •
Sun 14 Sept Rdg Heritage Trail …..
Award-winning sustainable garden: 185 species, low maintenance, multi-use perennial planting, edible forest, water harvesting, hard landscaping with renewable/recycled/reused materials

Burkina Faso - The Upright People Are Rising
2025-07-26 19:30 - 21:00 | conference hall
Talk by Wend-Panga Compaore from Burkina Faso community in the UK (BFCUK) & a photographic exhibition by Dave Richards.

From Peru to The World Shop - Drink & Chat with our Jewellers
2025-08-22 18:30 - 20:00
An evening with Cristina Sotomayor from Hope Jewellery, Peru & Laura Cave from Just Trade UK. info: Silvia@risc.org.uk
