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Befriender Case Study Guidance

If a Reading Friends Befriender would like to share their story, please tell us about it using the questions in this resource as a guide. read more

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Signposting

Details and links of other useful organisations including for bereavement, dementia, mental health, stroke. Please share ideas any further ideas with us. It can be useful to bring this off for any volunteers and staff to keep. read more

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Reading Friends Tips for New and Prospective Parents (Welsh)

This resource contains tips for running Reading Friends with new and prospective parents in Welsh, important things to consider, and the types of reading materials you could include. Use this resource when planning and delivering a Reading Friends session with new mums, dads and babies, pregnant… read more

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Reading Friends Telephone Session Reminders

This resource contains some helpful reminders and tips for planning, preparing for and delivering your Reading Friends phone call session. Most importantly – have fun! read more

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Reading Friends Volunteer Application Form

You can use this Volunteer Application Form, or adapt the content within it, to support your project. It asks potential volunteers to fill in useful information that can help you set up or arrange Reading Friends sessions read more

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Why volunteer with Reading Friends

You can use resource or the wording within it to promote any Reading Friends volunteering opportunities in your organisation. Personalise it to make it work for your local context. read more

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Reading Aloud

This resource gathers information about reading aloud from a two-year research project. read more

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Reading Friends Group Session Tips (Welsh)

Hints and tips for running a great Reading Friends session in Welsh. This information sheet gives you some general tips and things to think about to help everyone feel welcome, comfortable, and have fun. read more

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Reading Friends resource pack: The Imperfect Art of Caring

This free resource pack for <i>The Imperfect Art of Caring</i> by Jessica Ryn has been designed for Reading Friends projects. It contains an extract from the book and discussion questions intended to support conversations and reflections on personal experiences and stories.

<b>About the… read more

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Reading Friends Tips for New and Prospective Parents

This resource contains tips for running Reading Friends with new and prospective parents, important things to consider, and the types of reading materials you could include. Use this resource when planning and delivering a Reading Friends session with new mums, dads and babies, pregnant and… read more

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Reading Friends Volunteer Diary

This diary can help befrienders capture their experiences and reflect on their time. It can be a useful tool for volunteers and staff to share information with Coordinators. read more

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