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The Reader has a collective of supporters to thank, including commissioners, grant funders, corporate partners and individuals.

We are proud to receive funding from Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation, as well as from the Postcode Lottery and the funding Trust, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and the Steve Morgan Foundation.
Since December 2018, Postcode Lottery players have raised £6,609,786 from the Postcode Support Trust. We’d like to thank all players for their continued support in funding our vital work.

The refurbishment of the Calderstones Mansion House was funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund, Liverpool City Council and grant funders including Garfield Weston Foundation and Tudor Trust.

This list below acknowledges some more of our current supporters and partners.

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Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Arts Council England
Barton Moss Secure Care Centre
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Bury Virtual School
​Camden Council​​
Camden Substance Misuse Services
​​Change Grow Live
Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Cheshire West and Chester UK Shared Prosperity Fund (Communities and Place Grant)
City of Doncaster Council Public Health
Conwy Public Libraries
Croydon Relief in Need
Doncaster Public Health
Dorset Council Libraries
Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund
DWF Foundation
Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board
​​Halton Community Shop
Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries and Archives Service
Hemby Charitable Trust
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
HMP Frankland Westgate
HMP Channing Wood
Jewish Care
Liverpool City Council
​​Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Liverpool Virtual School
Livv Housing
Magenta Living​​
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Medicash Foundation
Mersey Forest
Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority (MRWA)
Mind in Croydon
​​​Monkton Day Nursery School​​​​​​
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Northern Ireland Public Health Agency
Notting Hill Genesis
Oldham Virtual School
Our Halton
​​Penguin Random House
Postcode Lottery Players
​​Price Parry Charitable Trust
Rayne Foundation
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital Trust
Richmond Integrated Care Board
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
​Sefton Council Library Service​​
Sefton Council UK Prosperity Fund
Sefton Virtual School
Segelman Trust
Skelton Charity
Somerset Council Adult Social Care
Steve Morgan Foundation
​Storyhouse​​
Teeside University
​​The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust​​​​
​​The Evan Cornish Foundation
The Granada Foundation
​​The Green Hall Foundation
​​The Haramead Trust​​
​​The Headley Trust
The Johnson Foundation
The Limbourne Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund
The Rainford Trust
The Rayne Foundation
The Swire Charitable Trust
​​​The T I F Tod Charitable Trust
Tower Hamlets Virtual School​​
​​Ulster University
University of Nottingham
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
West Lancashire Freemasons
Welsh Government National Library of Wales
Wirral Borough of Culture
Woodchurch High School