Shared Reading has been proven to promote better health and well-being, to increase social inclusion and we want to make it part of every community across the North West. We’re bringing people together to build a region-wide, volunteer-led movement and we want to hear from you! We set up and run Shared Reading groups for wellbeing in libraries, care homes, community centres, NHS settings and prisons. The Reader is a charity that uses the power of reading aloud to transform lives.
Our volunteers and staff bring people together to read stories and poems - creating powerful moments of connection. We call this Shared Reading.
In a world that feels increasingly divided, and with increased pressures on our mental health, Shared Reading offers us time and space to share what matters to us.
Our work improves wellbeing, reduces loneliness and helps us find new meaning in our lives.
Everyone experiences the text in their own way, but the experience provides a shared language that can help us to understand ourselves – and others – better.