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UK’s only clinical Shared Reading group for patients with chronic pain ‘gives huge boost to wellbeing and enjoyment of life’, says Liverpool pain consultant
In August BBC broadcaster Kirsty Young opened up on Radio 4’s Today programme about her struggle with chronic pain and…
Sammi: ‘My head is in a good place considering the pain I am in… I don’t think I’d be where I am today without this Shared Reading group’
Liverpool mum-of-three and carer Sammi, aged 50, has been attending the Shared Reading group at Broadgreen Hospital’s Chronic Pain Clinic…
Helen: ‘I owe my life to that group and Shared Reading.’
The Royal Liverpool Broadgreen University Hospital Trust has commissioned The Reader to deliver a regular Shared Reading group for patients…
Shared Dreams: The Shared Reading Group for Parents Seeking Asylum
Two years ago a new Shared Reading group was set up for families seeking asylum whose children attend the council’s…
Shared Conversation: How Online Shared Reading is Alleviating Loneliness
Former charity manager Diana, who is housebound, has been participating in regular weekly online Shared Reading for the last three…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Meet the Volunteer: Lynda
Name: Lynda Carey Location: The Mansion House, Liverpool Role: Volunteer at The Reader’s home in Calderstones Park, predominantly in its…
Henrik Wig, Sweden: ‘In a world where democracy is in many ways threatened, Shared Reading can be a counterforce’
Literature teacher Henrik has been running Shared Reading groups across southern Sweden for six years with children’s groups and at…
Celebrating 10 years of Shared Reading in Belfast this Volunteers’ Week
Highlights include a beautiful Shared Reading space, vast library of fiction and poetry, including Irish writing - and a surprise…
