10 January 2019
Reading Ahead 2018-19 materials and how to use them
This describes the print and downloadable materials available for running Reading Ahead with some ideas about how to use them.
10 January 2019
How to run Reading Ahead 2018-19
Here is an overview of how to run Reading Ahead 2018-19 with information on preparing for launch and tips for keeping up the momentum. It includes useful web links and deadlines for the programme.
04 December 2018
Reading Ahead 2018-19 'after' survey
Here is the link to the short survey for people who have completed Reading Ahead. Please encourage your participants to fill this in as soon as they have finished their reading diary. We can supply a printable version...
04 December 2018
Reading Ahead 2018-19 evaluation surveys
Here are the evaluation surveys for organisations running Reading Ahead 2018-19. Deadline for completion is 8 July 2019 but take a look well ahead of time so that you know what information we ask you to provide.
22 November 2018
National Prize Draw form for completers
The Reading Agency is offering 11 prizes for completers of Reading Ahead 2018/19 as follows: 1st prize: Bestselling writer Adele Parks, author of 18 Sunday Times bestsellers with a total of more than three million copies sold in the UK, will...
22 November 2018
Workplaces Prize Draw form
The Reading Agency and the Campaign for Learning are working with Transworld Publishers to offer a prize draw for organisations that run both Learning at Work Week and The Reading Agency’s Reading Ahead 2018/19 incentive scheme in workplaces. Organisations...
02 November 2018
A Society of Readers - executive summary
A new report that we commissioned from leading independent think tank Demos lays out the central role reading must play in helping to address many of the most pressing challenges British society will face over the next decade. Read the...
02 November 2018
A Society of Readers
A new report lays out the central role reading must play in helping to address many of the most pressing challenges British society will face over the next decade. Read the full report and share your thoughts on Twitter and...
19 September 2018
Reading Ahead 2017-18 Evaluation Report
This reports on the impact of Reading Ahead 2017-18 on participants and participating organisations. It is based on survey returns from individual participants and from public libraries, learning providers, prisons and workplaces taking part in the programme.
06 August 2018
Reading Ahead 2018-19 Record Sheet for Partner Organisations and Practitioners
This is a NEW template designed to help organisers collect data from partners in their own organisations and in external organisations. Please adapt it to suit your purposes and give it to partners when they start running Reading Ahead. Our...
06 August 2018
Reading Ahead 2018-19 Participation Record
This is a template for your own record-keeping. Please adapt it to collect the information you need. Our deadline for data return is 8 July 2019.
06 August 2018
Darllen Ymlaen 2019-19 Furflen Gofrestru
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22 November 2017
Reading Ahead 2016-17 Evaluation Report
This reports on the impact of Reading Ahead 2016-17 on participants and participating organisations. It is based on survey returns from individual participants and from public libraries, learning providers, prisons and workplaces taking part in the programme.
03 October 2017
Boosting achievement with Reading Ahead
Here are five examples of how Reading Ahead has been used with a range of learners in colleges and adult and community learning. These were commissioned and funded by the Education and Training Foundation.
08 September 2017
Reading Ahead 2017-18 prison advocacy leaflet
Here is a one-pager about Reading Ahead in prisons with endorsements from participants and organisers in prisons for you to use when putting the case for the programme. It’s not intended for use with prisoners themselves.
19 January 2017
Reading Ahead evaluation surveys
Here are links to the surveys which were used by organisations running Reading Ahead 2016-17. The deadline has now passed but we still make these available so that you can see the kind of materials we will need for our...
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...
29 October 2015
Books for emergent readers
Our Find a Read database contains hundreds of books from mainstream and specialist publishers that have been assessed for readability. Also attached here is a list of publishers, their websites and the levels they cater for.
27 October 2015
Reading Ahead case studies and tips
Please use these links to see a range of examples of how Reading Ahead is run in different settings and the impact it has on individual participants.
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.
16 September 2015
Supporting adults with literacy
A short introduction on how to help adults with literacy difficulties.
