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How literature can be a lifeline to support mental health
The Baring Foundation are an independent foundation which protects and advances human rights and promotes inclusion. Using their resources they…
The Reader celebrates Investing in Volunteers award
'This is probably the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done. The connectedness you get with other human beings is quite…
The Reader launches new services to keep people talking and reading together through lockdown
National charity, The Reader, is adapting its work to help communities find connection and meaning by delivering reading activities online and over the telephone during lockdown. Under the banner…
Finding Connection: Sharing Stories and Poems over the phone
Could you or someone you know benefit from a friendly chat on the phone during this crisis? At The Reader…
Reader Recommendations for World Book Night
World Book Night, organised by The Reading Agency, is the annual celebration of books and reading that takes place on 23 April. People from…
WATCH: Pass On A Poem Celebrity Reading
Nearly 100 famous faces, including Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, Sir David Attenborough, Sheila Hancock and Sir Ian McKellen are featured…
Inspire a Child, Be a Reading Hero
Reading Heroes is central to our Shared Reading Revolution. Each week, dozens of volunteers read with looked-after children; either one-to-one,…
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…
