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London volunteer honoured by the Queen for services to the community
A long serving volunteer Reader Leader has been recognised in The Queen’s New Year’s Honours List. Kate Fulton, a former media lawyer who gave…
Call for volunteers to help tackle loneliness in East London in 2020
New Shared Reading groups will offer older people help in Tower Hamlets National charity The Reader is offering free training…
200 chances to make a difference in 2020 – join the Reading Revolution now
More than 600 Shared Reading groups happen every single week across the UK, from Abergavenny to Yeovil, but we're…
2019 Highlights: Shared Reading
From the start of January to the end of November 2019, the Learning and Quality team have delivered or helped…
Happy Holidays from The Reader – take home our Home for Christmas anthology
The Reader team has been counting down the days to Christmas the only way we know how - with a…
Home for Christmas – The Penny Readings 2019
As part of The Reader’s Home for Christmas programme, for the first time the Penny Readings took place in our…
Leicestershire Shared Reading calls for new volunteers to help local people beat the blues this festive season
After five years getting people reading aloud together in Leicestershire – there’s free training for new volunteers on offer this…
The Reader asks Londoners to get together around great literature to head off loneliness this festive season
After a decade reading aloud across the capital, new Shared Reading groups will help tackle loneliness in West London communities Volunteers read great literature aloud each week – to create time and space for…
‘You can’t pay for this’ – Patricia’s Story
Patricia is a regular at a special Shared Reading group at her local hospital, for people living with chronic pain.…
The Reader marks new Whittard partnership with ‘Tea Masterclass’ fundraiser – join us!
To kick-start its partnership with Liverpool-based charity The Reader, Whittard of Chelsea is hosting a Tea Masterclass and Shared Reading…
The Reader asks the people of Greater Manchester to read aloud with those recovering from addiction
After almost a decade reading in the city’s mental health wards, new groups will help people in the community tackling…
Join a Shared Reading group this Libraries Week as more than 100 give space for reading aloud together
It’s Libraries Week 2019 and so, as ever, we give our huge thanks to the staff and volunteers who keep…
