Impact

Social prescribing & Reading Well in Shropshire libraries

16 November 2018 • Impact • Reading Well case studies

With social prescribing increasingly on the government's health agenda, we bring you a Reading Well best practice example from the health and wellbeing team at Shropshire Libraries.

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"We knew from the beginning that we needed something different"

12 November 2018 • Reading Well case studies

Kirklees library service has teamed up with schools and local arts organisations to create drama workshops that help young people work through difficult feelings and experiences using the Reading Well for young people booklist.

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"The book was key in getting the correct diagnosis"

12 November 2018 • Impact • Reading Well case studies

Andy, a Library Team Leader, describes how discovering Reading Well was "a real breakthrough moment" in understanding his symptoms and getting a correct diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome.

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"Reading Friends brings back memories of reading to your children"

16 October 2018 • Impact • Reading Friends case studies

"Reading Well has given libraries a different platform in the health landscape"

15 October 2018 • Impact • Reading Well case studies

"I like how The Reading Agency promotes reading for pleasure, not pressure"

15 October 2018 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Coventry libraries: "Reading Well has given us the opportunity to link with health services in our city"

09 October 2018 • Reading Well case studies

World Book Night 2018 builds on previous success

31 July 2018 • Impact • News • World Book Night case studies

A passionate bookseller's World Book Night story

29 June 2017 • World Book Night case studies

The Pre-school Parents Book Club

08 February 2017 • Impact • Quick Reads case studies • Reading Groups for Everyone case studies

Young Mums Will Achieve: Quick Reads in Cornwall

01 February 2017 • Impact • Quick Reads case studies • Reading Ahead case studies

World Book Night books inspire Rotherham mental health group

27 October 2016 • Impact • World Book Night case studies

Mike and Carlton get the reading habit

30 August 2016 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

How my reading group became vital social glue

13 June 2016 • Impact • Reading Groups for Everyone case studies

Reading Ahead boosts ESOL students' confidence

08 June 2016 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Theresa gains confidence to read with her children

01 June 2016 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Quick Reads rekindled my love of reading

18 February 2016 • Impact • Quick Reads case studies

Robert wins prize for reading

08 December 2015 • Reading Ahead case studies

Sheffield Libraries supports asylum seekers with Reading Ahead

05 October 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Newcastle-under-Lyme College integrates reading for pleasure into the curriculum

15 September 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Inverclyde Libraries build literacy with Six Book Challenge

17 August 2015 • Reading Ahead case studies

Students get reading at East Kent College

17 June 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Five years of championing the Challenge in Southend

16 June 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Grace rediscovers reading for pleasure

16 June 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Supporting adult literacy in Derbyshire

16 June 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Ann's life is transformed by reading

15 June 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Working with libraries at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

15 June 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Libraries and public health work together in Nottinghamshire

12 June 2015 • Reading Well case studies

A library visit starts Arthur on his reading journey

10 June 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

Reading helps Wayne move forward at work

09 June 2015 • Impact • Reading Ahead case studies

'An entirely positive experience': Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia launch at Shropshire Libraries

20 May 2015 • Impact • Reading Well case studies

Reading Well: a health professional's perspective

27 March 2015 • Impact • Reading Well case studies

How Reading Well Books on Prescription helped Helen with her recovery

16 January 2015 • Impact • Reading Well case studies

Quick Reads and Six Book Challenge make a difference in Lewisham

10 January 2015 • Impact • Quick Reads case studies • Reading Ahead case studies

William gets the Challenge going at Tesco

07 September 2014 • Reading Ahead case studies