I am happy to travel to Gatwick or Heathrow, as examples.

I do Swedish body massage

I would like to offer people to learn about mushrooms, how to find them and how to ID them safely. I will walk with you either on the weekend or in the afternoon. I walk in Swinley. I also need a bit of heads up time to arrange a time and day

I do reiki healing. Can do distance healing

Anything from picking up a prescription to weekly shops.

Independent whole of market mortgage broker and protection insurance adviser. Able to discuss financial wellbeing and financial health checks.

Happy to visit or chat with an elderly person

Life coaching is for everyone. It’s about giving a person a safe space to think about whatever is on their mind. It can also help clarifying goals and figuring out how to reach them, how to remove blocks. It can also be about getting to know yourself better, becoming more aware of what makes you happy, about what you want in life. Giving someone your full attention and letting them speak without interrupting them is a rare thing people don’t get in normal social situations. We have very busy lives with no time to stop and just think through things.

I would say that for adults, I’m happy to talk to anyone willing. For young people, there are some safeguarding and confidentiality elements that I need to cover with both the parents and the minor, but again if there is a need I will consider it carefully directly with the people interested by this service.

I adapt to what the person needs and sometimes a good coaching session is just about listening in a very caring way with no judgment and it’s all the person might need.

Happy to gift lifts from Binfield and surrounding ares. 20B per hour + petrol

I am happy to take on small sewing/mending jobs.  No big alteration projects (currently).  I run the teddy bear clinic at The Foxes' Den and have been sewing for years, with my own embroidery machine and overlocker... happy to look at fixing zips, tears etc...

Advice on driving – I was an instructor for over 20 years.

I am a mature, experienced Nanny and Foster Carer offering Babysitting / child minding services on ad hoc basis.

Bricks will depend on length of time and age of children. Overnight possible.

Very reliable and trustworthy.

Cat feeding.

Are you having an informal party? I can prepare excellent healthy soups, salads and other dishes both vegetarian and meat based.

You would need to pay for the cost of the food, mileage to deliver and then bricks for the time spent preparing and delivering it to you.

I can alter most clothing. Please contact me for details.

I can help you with Microsoft

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Email

Lesley

Enjoy creating hearty dishes and even some catering for parties

I am working approximately one day per week (Thursday or Friday) in Reading in September 2021. No planned trips for August but will be in Wokingham plenty in August, I have already successfully couriered for a few LETS members. Please contact me by email or phone.

Lesley

Translating from/into Danish

Dog Walking / Sitting

I have a small dog of my own and love animals. Happy to sit / walk / cuddle your pets when you are away.

Rate can be agreed depending on time absent and amount of work involved.

Happy to visit or feed pets including: cats, dogs, birds,rabbits,small caged pets, reptiles, chickens and horses

I am very good at finding cheap deals and also booking and putting together great holidays - ie 3 weeks in Alaska, and SF incl a week's cruise with most trips included in June came in at £2,700 each - 2 weeks prebooked through travel agent for similar was over £3,000.

No job too small! Will undertake most household DIY jobs.

Helping hand given or odd jobs.

Happy to help.

Staple gun, suitable for upholstery.

House sitting

I am an experienced Kitchen Planner and can give you advice and help plan your new kitchen. My Service includes advice on appliances, kitchen units, how to keep the cost down, and a plan of your kitchen.

Petrol allowance for visiting your home to measure up and discuss your ideas for one hour. Additional time @ 20 bricks per hour. A second meeting may be required. The final plan will then be provided as a drawing on A3 paper.

bosch leaf blower/vacuum that shreds leaves that are collected

20 bricks a day or 20 bricks per hour if you want my services as well

easy to use

Lifts to hospitals, airports etc.

Costs to be agreed beforehand.

Lifts to doctors or hospital, etc.

I have some availability to offer lifts on Thursdays and Fridays. perhaps you need a lift from a garage or MOT centre? Hospital lift?

Mileage 25p/mile. Bricks 20/hour.

I’m 5 minutes from the Bracknell’s parcel collection and close to 2 post offices. Can help with local parcels and letter posting and collections. Also, as I’m free during working hours, working/busy people can drop things round to my home for posting. Fuel costs reimbursed please if travel is more than a few minutes.

I have been a massage therapist since 1981, and have trained in various modalities. I can offer back massage, body massage acupressure, Indian Head massage, face massage, foot massage, hand massage.

I work shifts days/nights and I am in in the day quite often so able to accept parcel deliveries/be at your home to let workmen in (once met and verified of course)

Pet care/help/dog walking

Pet feeding, sitting or walking

I can receive your deliveries at my home or at your home if they are large.

Reiki/Working with People and animal

I have a good Sewing Machine and can offer taking up hems on trousers, dresses, skirts etc. As well as sewing curtains, cushions etc.

Bricks will depend on time it takes to do alterations. Plus cost of thread, buttons, zip etc or you can provide.

I can help with translations, communications/calls, certain tutoring, etc

Tool hire, ask me if I have got it.

Happy to take delivery of your parcel.

Wheelbarrow for hire

I am happy to collect prescriptions, help out in a neighbourly way in Emmer Green/Caversham area.

I am happy to help with translation, conversation, grammar etc.

Previous experience as seamstress at Jackson's until closure of shop.

I now work from home. Am able to do basic tailoring of clothes. 

Such as Jackets, school uniforms.

Also some upholstery work. Ask me ! 

I can tutor primary school children who need extra help with basic skills. (I am a dyslexia specialist)

We have a number of tents ranging from small 2 man tents to family sized 6 man tents. No festivals please. Rate is per day.

RG6 and RG2

In the past I have been a childminder for 7 years and love children and babies. Also I have had one child of my own.

I am available at weekends

RG6 and RG2

Would you like some hoovering and polishing done in your house or just maybe a little spruce up. I am happy to clean bathrooms, hoover the stairs and the house.

I am only available at weekends though as I work during the week.

RG6 and RG2

I am available at weekends

3 Hallogen Eco Spotlights. G10. Dimmable uses from 28 W to 34 W 190 Lumens. All in original packegeing. Never opened.

I can make for you specific shapes of containers, bags, boxes and baskets. For example, you have a particular space in your camper and you want a laundry bag that just fits in there; or if you want to protect fruit plants in your garden from being eaten by birds I can make you a dome that allows the light in. I also make lampshades. All material is upcycled.

Most of a roll of carpet underlay (was 1.37 m width, 15 m long, with a few m used). 8mm thick, grey colour. High wool content although it has some thin plastic in it. See https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00EZMXD7Q/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I can alter clothing to fit or undertake simple repairs. Any fabric/materials required would need to be provided, and you would need to come to me for a fitting.

I will need to see the garment to determine whether the alteration/repair is possible. Contact me for more details.

No complex special occasion garments (e.g. multi-layer wedding dresses, prom dresses etc.) and no zip replacement in jeans or jackets - I have retired from all this! But I will do straightforward hems/taking in for evening dresses.

I ran my own business as a dressmaker and alterationist for 15 years, recommended by bridal salons to their customers, so I have plenty of experience.

I can offer lifts within central Reading e.g. to hospital appointments. N.B. car will only take one passenger. Petrol contribution at normal LETS rate.

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Release any unwanted emotions, trauma and phobias, reprogramme your thinking, and much more.

Fruit and veg from my (mostly organic) allotment and garden. Surplus produce in season - will be advertised. Buyer to collect from 202 Shinfield Road, RG2 7DU please, or arrange courier transport to Bracknell.

Parsnips, pumpkin whole or slices.

Please let me know what you would like and the amount and when you will collect, when ordering, so that I can arrange to pick and leave out what you need. I'll need a bit of notice to go to the allotment as I don't go every day. Thanks.

Happy to help with gardening tasks, basic advice and labouring. South, central or east Reading area.

Watering plants, taking in parcels.

I have at least three plants available. They thrive in the shade, happy on the North side of your house. They don't mind the type of soil and survive well in both dry and wet conditions. Rooted already, so can be planted any time. They produce edible nuts, when mature.

I am a good weeder or I can help to do jobs together

Help setting up or teaching how to use Excel spreadsheets or Word editing with Word or Libre Office. Can come to your place in Earley/Woodley/Shinfield areas. or over the phone

Online conversation is one of the few LETS activities that can be done even during lockdown! As a native Italian speaker I can offer help in various ways: conversation, language practice, translation, information. I have helped in the past a LETS member to communicate with Italian people in Italy, unable to speak English.

Knife Sharpening Service

I can sharpen your kitchen knives, however I cannot sharpen serrated blades.

A dull blade is actually more dangerous to use than one that is sharp. Here's why: A dull blade requires more pressure to cut, increasing the chance that the knife will slip with great force behind it. A sharp knife "bites" the surface more readily. 

Lawn Mower blades can also be sharpened and balanced.

It’s recommended that you sharpen the blade of your lawnmower at least once a year.

Dull blades will roughly rip through grass, leaving behind raggedly torn tips on the ends of the individual grass blades. And that can cause the grass to turn brown and leave your lawn more susceptible to disease and pests. Sharp blades, on the other hand, cut grass quickly and cleanly, resulting in a neatly trimmed, healthier lawn.

I can teach adults to knit or help with more advanced knitting techniques. I can also teach crochet, but cannot cover advanced techniques.

I have taught both topics for New Directions Reading, so have put many knitters and crocheters into the world.

Also, as a dressmaker of many years experience, I can teach adults to sew, to set up their sewing machine and use it, prepare, adjust & make up patterns, and make use of various sewing techniques. I have taught this subject for New Directions Reading, and have also acted as 'verifier' for the City & Guilds Fashion Diploma.

Can offer lifts locally (earley/Whittley Wood/Woodley/South Reading areas)

Ocasionally further afield (eg. Oxford or Wokingham hospitals)

Excludes cost of fuel

Can help with shopping or picking up parcels from supermarket or other pick up points

I'm freelance and often work from home. I would be happy to receive parcels on behalf of LETS members, if they are directed to my address. I can then either drop it off to you or arrange a time for you to collect it from me.

10 Bricks if you collect from me

20 Bricks if I drop off to you

Sack trolley for use by anyone. To be collected and returned to Viv Rimmer

I have a scanner attached to my computer, and can scan documents (up to A4 size), photographs, etc. for emailing or saving on CD or memory stick (you provide). I can also do minor edits using Photoshop Elements (adjusting colour balance, 'healing' monor scratches, removing background, etc.).

I have scanned larger documents in 2 or 3 parts and merged them, but probably not suitable for higher resolution requirements.

The Bricks cost will depend on how long I need to sit at my computer doing the work.

I can support home dressmakers, providing advice, guidance, fitting and sewing lessons.

I can also help knitters understand patterns, troubleshoot problems, and adapt patterns to their measurements.

I worked as a tutor at New Directions Reading for several years, teaching both sewing and knitting.

I'm not an expert seamstress but am quite handy at mending clothes, eg almost invisibly sewing up small holes, repairing unravelled hems and neatly patching holes in jeans.

Plants that flowered this spring: One sizeable plant in pot: , violets (3B), primroses (4B) bluebells (in the green, cMay 2022, 4B), snowdrops (5 bulbs in the green, c Feb 2022). Hardy geraniums (pink) 5B. These all flourish in shade or semi shade in our garden, and in those of family and friends to whom we've given some, and spread very well.

2 largeish wine glasses. Would suit anyone who wants to avoid the time and effort of refilling their glass frequently ;-) Collection from South Reading please. Photo on request as I was not able to upload one!

Feeding your cat locally in Tilehurst

Walking your dog in Tilehurst

Jetwashing patios, steps, or garden furniture is really effective I find at getting them clean without needing to use chemicals, and can give a real uplift to the look. Not suitable I think for decking or wooden furniture.

Needs a tap that hose attachment will fit to and electric socket to plug jet wash into - I have electric extension lead and long hose

Slightly higher hourly rate because I'll provide the jetwash and hose.

Plus anything else needed while you're away - except pet care.

John offers cat sitting. Please contact him for his rates

Basic lip reading classes for the hard of hearing.

I am not qualified as a teacher but have experience and teaching skills.

Basic singing technique, speaking clearly and confidently, public speaking. Group or individual tuition provided. High skill level.