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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…
UK’s only clinical Shared Reading group for patients with chronic pain ‘gives huge boost to wellbeing and enjoyment of life’, says Liverpool pain consultant
In August BBC broadcaster Kirsty Young opened up on Radio 4’s Today programme about her struggle with chronic pain and…
Sammi: ‘My head is in a good place considering the pain I am in… I don’t think I’d be where I am today without this Shared Reading group’
Liverpool mum-of-three and carer Sammi, aged 50, has been attending the Shared Reading group at Broadgreen Hospital’s Chronic Pain Clinic…
Helen: ‘I owe my life to that group and Shared Reading.’
The Royal Liverpool Broadgreen University Hospital Trust has commissioned The Reader to deliver a regular Shared Reading group for patients…
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…
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…
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…
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…
