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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…

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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…

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Literature

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…

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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…

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Literature

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…

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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…

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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…

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Literature

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…

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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…

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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…

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Literature

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…

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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…

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