This evaluation tool can be used with people who are living with dementia. It’s useful if someone cannot fill in surveys or when they aren’t appropriate. It can help capture ‘in the moment’ thoughts, feelings, comments, quotes and stories from Reading Friends sessions, and can be a useful… read more
QR codes on flyers for our 'Participant', 'Young Participant 11-17', 'One-off activity' and 'Befriender' surveys. Print the one/s you need. You can display or hand them out. read more
There will be people who cannot fill in evaluation surveys or for whom this it isn’t appropriate. These Evaluation Champions tools capture ‘in the moment’ thoughts, feelings, comments, quotes and stories from Reading Friends sessions, and can be a useful alternative to capturing people’s feedback… read more
The Evaluation report for 2022-23 details the difference the programme continues to make, working with public libraries. It has some lovely case studies of activities that have taken place this last year.
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You can use and adapt this editable questionnaire to match up your Reading Friends and Reading Befrienders by their interests and also find out more about them. It can be a useful way of finding out any support needs. If you're able to email any filled out ones to… read more
The reach and impact from 2022-23 of Reading Friends. Please do share. read more
This specific evaluation tool resource can be used with people who are living with dementia. It's a useful tool for people who cannot fill in surveys or for whom surveys aren’t appropriate.
It can help capture ‘in the moment’ thoughts, feelings, comments, quotes and stories from Reading… read more
Evaluation survey for organisations or services who have partnered with you on Reading Friends – this may be a local charity, a local authority service, a link worker or cultural organisation. 14 May is the submission deadline. read more
The evaluation report from the Read, Talk, Share campaign which included the rollout of Reading Friends and Reading Well across public libraries in England in 2021.
Read about the reach and impact. read more
This one-pager details the impact Reading Friends had in 2021 with a rollout supported by government funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
It shows the difference Reading Friends made to those involved. Please download and share. read more
A handy guide with some top tips for carrying out evaluation for Reading Friends. read more
Read more about the variety of research that has been conducted since the beginning of the pandemic and some key findings. These slides contain information and statistics on the impact of Covid-19 on loneliness and isolation. read more