15 September 2016 • Media releases
Our exciting new UK-wide project will use reading to empower, engage and connect isolated older people, including people with dementia and their carers thanks to a £2.1 million grant from the Big Lottery Fund.
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22 July 2016 • Media releases
Our statement on the appointment of Rob Wilson MP, the new Minister for Civil Society with policy responsibility for public libraries in England.
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19 July 2016 • Media releases
We are delighted that Arts Council England has invested in these shared offers with the Society of Chief Librarians and will continue to work with library staff to ensure they are making a positive impact in libraries.
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15 July 2016 • Media releases
Winnie the Pooh has topped the list of favourite childhood book characters in our new poll, beating the popular wizard Harry Potter to the top spot.
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23 June 2016 • Our blog
As thousands of people gathered to celebrate the life of Jo Cox, and mourn her tragic death, we too would like to add our memories. Jo was hugely supportive of all the work we and our library partners do around reading for pleasure and for health and well-being.
Here is Jo being photographed last year at the launch, in Parliament of the Summer Reading Challenge 2015. How we will miss her this year.
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01 June 2016 • Our blog
The Reading Agency and the Society of Chief Librarians have worked together for thirteen years and have recently signed a new memorandum of understanding designed to celebrate our partnership and outline how we will continue to work together in the future. Here the leaders of the two organisations explain more about the partnership and why shared reading programmes for libraries are so important.
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Out of hours, contact Sue Wilkinson or call 07789 380224
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In our drive to open up equal chances for people to become readers, we work with a huge range of partners from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
We specialise in working with public libraries because of the way they open up access to reading opportunities and support.
