23 July 2020
Education & Training Foundation ESOL for Refugees: resources for new arrivals
Visit the Education & Training foundation for resources and teaching materials to support ESOL learners and specifically refugees. These resources aim to help ESOL practitioners better meet the early integration needs of refugees who are New to ESOL i.e. working below,...

29 May 2020
Reading Ahead for prisons during Covid-19 toolkit
This toolkit contains ideas and resources for continuing with Reading Ahead in prison settings responding to the current lockdown during Covid-19. This is a working document and will be updated as more resources become available. Do get in touch if you...

20 May 2020
Reading Ahead during Covid-19 toolkit
This toolkit contains ideas and resources for continuing with Reading Ahead despite closures of public libraries, colleges and workplaces during Covid-19. This is a working document and will be updated as more resources become available. Do get in touch if you...

19 May 2020
This Is Going To Hurt: Diary Writing Challenge
This activity sheet has been designed for use alongside reading the Quick Reads version of Adam Kay’s This Is Going To Hurt. It provides inspiration and a framework for starting a diary.

02 December 2019
Making Reading Ahead work for prisoners with ESOL
This four-page leaflet draws together the findings, practical tips and creative tools from our three-year project to support prisoners with ESOL funded by The Bell Foundation. Please scroll down this resources page to find other downloadable items.

07 November 2018
ESOL Creative writing in prison Notes for workshop leaders
This is an overview of how to run a creative writing workshop with prisoners wtih ESOL.

07 November 2018
ESOL Creative writing in prison powerpoint
This is a powerpoint for use in a creative writing workshop.

07 November 2018
Final ESOL Creative writing in prison Guidance for workshop assistants
This is an overview of how to run a creative writing workshop with prisoners with ESOL.

07 November 2018
Creative activities for using with Reading Ahead for prisoners with ESOL
These seven documents provide a wide range of activities for using alongside Reading Ahead for prisoners with English as a Second Language or Additional Language. They have been created by David Kendall as part of a project funded by...

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 6 Reading Ahead Bingo
Playing with words.

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 4 First lines
Writing your own first line.

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 3 Reader vocabulary
Learning the words with which to talk and write about what you read.

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 2
Using book covers to spark discussion.

07 November 2018
Creative Activity 1 Know your emotions
Using poems to spark different emotions.

07 November 2018
Introduction to creative activities for prisoners with ESOL
This is an overview of how reading for pleasure can be used alongside our Reading Ahead programme for prisoners with English as a Second or Additional Language (ESOL).

12 October 2017
Guidance to support reading for pleasure for prisoners with ESOL
This is a document compiled by Jenny Roden and Celine Castelino from NATECLA (National Association for Teaching English and Community Languages to Adults) to accompany their list of book recommendations for people learning English as a Second or Additional Language...

12 October 2017
Ideas for running Reading Ahead for prisoners with ESOL
This is a downloadable resource created as part of a project funded by the Bell Foundation to support the use of Reading Ahead for prisoners with English as a Second or Additional Language. Please use it in conjunction with...

03 February 2016
The Anniversary by Veronica Henry (ed): Quick Reads learning resource
A learning resource for readers and practitioners to accompany the Quick Read The Anniversary, a collection of short stories by Fanny Blake, Elizabeth Buchan, Rowan Coleman, Jenny Colgan, Philippa Gregory, Matt Haig, Veronica Henry, Andy McNab, Richard Madeley and John...

03 February 2016
The Double Clue by Agatha Christie: Quick Reads learning resource
A learning resource for readers and practitioners to accompany the Quick Read The Double Clue by Agatha Christie

03 February 2016
Too Good to be True by Ann Cleeves: Quick Reads learning resource
A learning resource for readers and practitioners to accompany the Quick Read Too Good to be True by Lucy Diamond

03 February 2016
On the Rock by Andy McNab: Quick Reads learning resource
A learning resource for readers and practitioners to accompany the Quick Read On the Rock by Andy McNab
03 February 2016
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai: Quick Reads learning resource
A learning resource for readers and practitioners to accompany the Quick Read I Am Malala (abridged edition) by Malala Yousafzai

03 February 2016
A Baby at the Beach Cafe by Lucy Diamond Quick Reads learning resource
A learning resource for readers and practitioners to accompany the Quick Read A Baby at the Beach Cafe by Lucy Diamond
29 January 2016
Reading for Pleasure and Reading Circles for Adult Emergent Readers
Reading for Pleasure and Reading Circles for Adult Emergent Readers aims to provide practical tips and things to think about for anyone interested in running a reading group of any kind – librarians, community workers, teachers and non-teachers, including anyone...
20 October 2015
Read Anytime Anywhere
Download this new booklet from UNISON’s Inclusive Learning Project packed with ideas about how to run Reading Ahead in workplaces.
