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Shared Dreams: The Shared Reading Group for Parents Seeking Asylum

Two years ago a new Shared Reading group was set up for families seeking asylum whose children attend the council’s…

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Shared Conversation: How Online Shared Reading is Alleviating Loneliness

Former charity manager Diana, who is housebound, has been participating in regular weekly online Shared Reading for the last three…

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Reader Stories

Shared Connection: The Shared Reading group bringing people together even in the most unlikely of places

Squeezed in between a Subway sandwich store and Chopz dog grooming salon in Liverpool’s Belle Vale Shopping Centre is the…

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Shared Community: The Shared Reading Group making a difference for asylum seekers in the North West 

How one Shared Reading group is making a difference for asylum seekers in the North West  ‘For displaced people, so…

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Reader Stories

Shared Friendship: The Shared Reading Group at Calderstones that started 15 years ago

Members of one of The Reader’s first Shared Reading groups at Calderstones – originally set up by charity founder Jane…

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Patricia: ‘Even if I do not understand all the words, I feel the rhythm’

The Reader’s weekly Monday Shared Reading Group at Toxteth Library is one of 15 projects with an ESOL focus run…

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Meet the Volunteer: Lynda

Name: Lynda Carey  Location: The Mansion House, Liverpool  Role: Volunteer at The Reader’s home in Calderstones Park, predominantly in its…

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Henrik Wig, Sweden: ‘In a world where democracy is in many ways threatened, Shared Reading can be a counterforce’

Literature teacher Henrik has been running Shared Reading groups across southern Sweden for six years with children’s groups and at…

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Celebrating 10 years of Shared Reading in Belfast this Volunteers’ Week

Highlights include a beautiful Shared Reading space, vast library of fiction and poetry, including Irish writing - and a surprise…

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Reader Stories

Meet the Volunteer: Sue

Name: Sue  Location: Wirral, Merseyside  Role: Volunteer for Reading Heroes, a project promoting the benefits of reading for pleasure with…

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Reader Stories

Meet the Volunteer: Kirti

Name: Kirti   Location: Croydon  Role: Volunteer Reader Leader running a Shared Reading group  Why did you decide to volunteer with…

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Reader Stories

Meet the Volunteer: Raks

Name: Raks Patel  Location: Streatham, London  Role: Volunteer for Reading Heroes, a project promoting the benefits of reading for pleasure…

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