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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Meet the Volunteer: Sue
Name: Sue Location: Wirral, Merseyside Role: Volunteer for Reading Heroes, a project promoting the benefits of reading for pleasure with…
Meet the Volunteer: Kirti
Name: Kirti Location: Croydon Role: Volunteer Reader Leader running a Shared Reading group Why did you decide to volunteer with…
Meet the Volunteer: Raks
Name: Raks Patel Location: Streatham, London Role: Volunteer for Reading Heroes, a project promoting the benefits of reading for pleasure…
Kerstin, North Germany: ‘In all these groups I’ve the privilege to continuously learn’
An experienced Reader Leader, Kerstin now runs several Shared Reading Bremen groups since training in Berlin with The Reader in…
Kate, New Zealand: ‘Shared Reading is a way to unlock the ‘culture of silence’’
The former librarian discovered the work of The Reader while studying for a Masters at NZ’s Victoria University. She founded…
Diane: ‘I love the human side of [Shared Reading], the contact with others’
The Somerset resident, who has cerebral palsy, joined a Shared Reading group in Bridgewater Library after giving up work in…
‘I thought, that’s it, we can make it through this.’ Daphne’s Reader Story
Daphne lives in a sheltered accommodation and before lockdown used to attend the Shared Reading group that meets in the…
