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The Reader is the UK's biggest Shared Reading charity

We read aloud with thousands of adults and children in places like cafes, hospitals and prisons to connect people and help us live well. Our home in Liverpool’s Calderstones Park is a warm and welcoming community celebrating stories, creativity and nature.

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  • 95%

    Shared Reading lifts my mood

  • 90%

    It helps me connect deeply to others

  • 97%

    I feel valued and accepted for who I am

  • 95%

    Hearing other people's thoughts gives me new ways of seeing things

Become a volunteer

Love reading? Love meeting new people? Want to make a difference locally? If so, Shared Reading could be the thing for you. And you could be just the person for us.

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