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Meet Jamaican poet & novelist Christine Roseeta Walker, a volunteer Reader Leader
The UK’s largest Shared Reading charity celebrates its incredible team of volunteers as part of Volunteers’ Week 2025, Monday 2…
Meet Tiny Heroes Volunteer Carole-Ann Montgomery ‘I wanted to be a constant in the lives of young children living in care… just to read and have fun through books with them’
The UK’s largest Shared Reading charity celebrates its amazing team of volunteers as part of Volunteers’ Week 2025, Monday 2…
‘Across the UK there’s been an epidemic of loneliness and poor mental health, which libraries have an important role in combatting’ Shared Reading in Sefton
The Reader’s Shared Reading groups in libraries across Sefton have helped to play an important part in community cohesion and…
Pat: ‘You don’t need to be an academic – it’s about going on your gut feeling about a story or poem’
National charity The Reader runs two popular weekly 90-minute Shared Reading group at one of the UK’s most innovative libraries,…
Sue: ‘I like the fact you’re not judged by anyone, we have a laugh and learn a lot from each other’
National wellbeing charity The Reader is celebrating the first year of a second weekly Shared Reading group at one of the…
‘A magical blend of amazing texts and heartfelt contributions’ Shared Reading in Conwy, North Wales
Library assistant Steve Stratford is one of nine staff at Conwy Libraries in North Wales who have been trained to…
“I am always surprised how much better I feel” Elaine’s Volunteering Story
When Elaine retired from her busy job in the NHS she looked for opportunities to spend more time outdoors. Following…
Annie: ‘Shared Reading is such a useful means to talk and share, especially as we have people coming to our groups who are isolated’
Staff, volunteers and people supported by PSS Wellbeing in Liverpool talk about how peer-led Shared Reading groups – set up…
A patient once said to me: ‘Thank you for reminding me that I can feel’
Sue Colbourn helped establish a Shared Reading partnership between The Reader and Prospect Park, an NHS psychiatric hospital in Berkshire,…
Barbara ‘I couldn’t tell you what I did yesterday, but I’m alright with a book – I’d go to the group everyday if I could’
Angela Delea and her mum Barbara Daley have been coming to The Reader’s dementia friendly Shared Reading group in Liverpool’s…
Delia ‘‘That hour every Wednesday was like a port in a storm where we could forget about dementia and relax’’
Retired nurse Delia Cartlidge and husband Stuart, a former aeronautical engineer, have been married for 52 years. Delia became Stuart’s…
9 things I’ve learnt from Shared Reading in the UK’s most secure prisons
As our Criminal Justice People and Project Manager, Kate Bramhall, moves onto pastures new she reflects on her time at…
