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HRH the Duchess of Cornwall enjoys more shared reading
A very special royal guest has returned to share some reading with us... Last month Her Royal Highness the Duchess…
Volunteers in the Spotlight
Last week was Volunteers Week, and we had a great week celebrating the efforts and achievements of our many volunteers…
Jane Davis joins The Happy List 2015!
We're feeling particularly happy today as Jane Davis, our Founder and Director, has made it onto the Independent on Sunday's…
Volunteers Week: Volunteering at Calderstones Mansion
Since we set up home in Calderstones Mansion House, there's been lots for us to do - not only in…
Volunteers Week: From Group Member to Volunteer in North Wales
"I think volunteering and community work is very valuable for me and also for society as a whole." "Volunteering here…
Volunteers Week: Volunteer Reading in Barnet
"Discovering new literature or re-connecting with familiar material is very enjoyable for the volunteer as well as those in your…
Our Top 5 tips for reading with young people and teenagers
This afternoon to celebrate Volunteers Week, Emma Melling and Colette Greggs took to the airwaves with BBC Radio Merseyside’s Roger…
Volunteers Week: Merseyside Volunteer Reader Scheme
The Merseyside Volunteer Reader Scheme is our longest-running volunteering project, starting in 2011. Funded by Big Lottery, the project has…
Volunteers Week 2015
"I love sharing wonderful literature and bringing stories to life in the company of groups of people who become friends."…
The Pleasure of Reading
"The tales and myths and legends did, I am now more sure than ever I was, exactly what Coleridge said…
Dementia Awareness Week 2015: Joan’s Story
It's Dementia Awareness Week (17th-23rd May), and this year's theme is Do Something New, emphasising the fact that dementia needn't…
Featured Poem: Humming-Bird by D.H. Lawrence
This week's Featured Poem has recently been read in one of our shared reading groups in drug and alcohol rehabilitation…
