Skip navigation to main content

All Posts

Children and Young People

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf

The Reader Bookshelf 2024 is here. A carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme each year,…

Read more
Reader Stories

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…

Read more
Important Updates

A statement in light of recent attacks

The Reader currently runs Shared Reading Groups for asylum seekers and refugees and/or those who have English as an additional…

Read more
Shared Reading in action
Shared Reading

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…

Read more
Little girl reading in front of a laptop with a volunteer online
Children and Young People

Our first Reading Heroes project launches outside of North West in London borough of Tower Hamlets

Thanks to a grant by Swire Charitable Trust, Shared Reading charity The Reader will work with 30 care experienced children and…

Read more
Reader Stories

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…

Read more
Literature

July’s Monthly Stories and Poems

We are continuing to take inspiration from The Reader Bookshelf for 2024-25 with the theme for July’s Monthly Stories and…

Read more
Shared Reading

Celebrating Our Haringey Volunteers

On 7th June, we joined several Voluntary and Community Sector organisations and volunteers in Haringey outside the pavilion in the…

Read more
Shared Reading

Could you volunteer to lead Shared Reading groups to support wellbeing of Asylum Seekers and Refugees?

We're launching an innovative new project in Halton for refugees and asylum seekers with an ESOL (English for Speakers of…

Read more
Reader Stories

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…

Read more
Calderstones

Open Air Theatre FAQ’s

If you were able to snap up some tickets, check below for any queries you might have ahead of showtime!…

Read more
The Reader Bookshelf

The Storybarn Selects… From The Reader Bookshelf

The Reader Bookshelf 2024 is here. A carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children, exploring a different theme…

Read more

Contact us

Get in touch and be part of the story
You can also speak to us on: 0151 729 2200
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.