A Short and Sweet Fitness Diary

It’s great to hear you are generous in support of worthy charities like the NSPCC, Amnesty International and Save the Children. Here at The Reader Organisation around three quarters of our funding goes directly into specific outreach projects, allowing us to reach some of the most vulnerable members of our society and show the benefits of shared reading. We’re really proud of some of the testimonials we have received from those who may otherwise have never had the opportunity to discover great literature, and all that comes with it.

In order for us to carry out our work efficiently and effectively, it’s inevitable that some of that funding is used for administration and other back office costs – just like every other charity. Information on our accounts, funders and partners is available in our annual report, here’s the link: http://thereader.org.uk/about-us/annual-report/

As you know, our blog post about celebrity reading habits provoked an interesting debate in the comment section. We actually do a great deal to support those with reading difficulties, like dyslexia, particularly through our highly successful Get Into Reading programme.

I’m sure if The Reader had been around during Jamie Oliver’s formative years, he would have had no cause to make the assertion that he had “never read a book”, regardless of context, because we would have been there to help him do so. Hopefully our continuing work means many of those in similar positions to Jamie avoid the discomfort he clearly felt when trying to share reading with his children.