Reading Borough Council has a wealth of information on their website, as well as many different ways to contact them. Some of the most useful sections can help you to get action taken on simple things like graffiti and littering.

Streetcare is the main department of the council that looks after our roads and footpaths. They have a special section of contact forms that allow you to provide details of problems that they will send out people to deal with. In particular, you may find the following forms useful:

• Reporting Graffiti and Fly Posting. Be sure to include details of the exact location, including the nearest house number if possible.
• Reporting Fly Tipping (illegal dumping of waste)
• Contacting StreetCare about street cleaning/littering

When you use these forms, the council will transfer the details onto their internal jobs list and let you know that someone will be dealing with it. You will not normally get a response when action has been taken, but hopefully you will notice that the problem has gone away!

If you are having problems near you with dog mess, the council does have a Dog Warden who I know from experience provides a very prompt service. They do not have a contact form online, but you can contact them by phone - the details can be found on this page. They also have conact numbers for dealing with stray dogs, even outside office hours.

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