In reply to Leoniebc:
Steve (Fatclimber), who replied earlier, is my regular Thursday evening partner at Reading Wall. I'd be happy for you to drop in with us for an hour or so during our session to get an idea of the basics, if that helps (and if Steve is ok with that)? Learning is best done in a three (or more), otherwise you'll be practicing your belaying and the other climber won't know whether or not you're proficient enough to catch them yet! Always good to have someone on the ground to talk you through it all.
I'm not climbing this week but could do next week if that works.