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Reader Story: Anne, Volunteer, Rubens House, Barnet
Anne is a volunteer on the Barnet project, she has told her Reader Story in her own words: The Shared…
Reading Groups, Communities & Libraries – An exploratory study
Published last month, the study explores the important role reading groups, such as Shared Reading, play in library and community…
Volunteers’ Week: Read of the Week: The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
This week's Read comes recommended by Charlotte, Training and Support Lead for our Shared Reading North West Volunteers. She's chosen…
Volunteers’ Week: Declan’s Reader Story
Today's Reader Story comes from one of our Big Lottery Merseyside Volunteers who found the skills gained through volunteering also…
Volunteers’ Week Featured Poem: The Tyger by William Blake
Especially for Volunteer's Week, our Featured Poem comes from our Volunteer anthology Poets Don't Lie. William Blake's The Tyger has been chosen by…
Volunteers’ Week: John’s Reader Story
The second in our series of Reader Stories for Volunteers' Week comes from John who first found Shared Reading while recovering…
Volunteers’ Week – Helen’s Reader Story
We kick start Volunteers' Week with a powerful Reader Story from one of our volunteer Reader Leaders. Today marks the…
Read of the Week: Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
This week our read comes on recommendation from Fiona, a Reader Leader in our Criminal Justice team. She's chosen Joseph…
Reader Story: A Visitor from the Netherlands
Last month we had the pleasure of welcoming a young visitor from the Netherlands to our Liverpool HQ for a…
Reader Story: A boiled egg – Simple but enormous
A group member turned Reader Leader Volunteer shares her powerful story and tells us what Shared Reading has meant for her. "I…
Read of the Week: Possession by AS Byatt
Our Read of the Week comes recommended by Monitoring and Evaluation Manager Jen who has chosen Possession by our Patron, AS…
Volunteer Reader Leader honoured in Somerset
Volunteer Reader Leader Melanie Devine honoured by Taunton-Deane Mayor in Citizenship Awards. We're delighted to congratulate our Volunteer Reader…