In Reading Friends everyone is welcome. This document gives you some
information about how having a stroke can affect people, and how you
can make Reading Friends sessions inclusive for them. read more
This information sheet gives you some general
tips and things to think about to help everyone feel welcome, comfortable,
and has fun. read more
This evaluation feedback tool can be used with primary aged children (under 11s) involved in Reading Friends. Please complete by 26 June 2024. read more
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
An extract and discussion questions from the 2024 Quick Reads including information about the author:
Boys Don't Cry
Game On
The Jealousy Man
The Last Summer
Those People Next Door
Without Warning and only sometimes 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
Reading related themed activity pack focused on football. read more
Click here for our short videos for Reading Befrienders (for those leading/supporting sessions). There are five altogether that you can access using the link below (Vimeo). You can also read the PDFs – they are accessible as separate resources. Please use Chrome to access.
<a… 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.
read more
The Toolkit containing practical information about how to get going, what is involved in local delivery, and how to maintain a safe and effective project.
View toolkit (Login above first to access)
https://readingfriends.org.uk/toolkit-england
read more
Taken from section 5 of the Project Toolkit, this section is focused on Reading Befrienders who may be volunteers or staff. It details the specific support for the volunteer journey: Recruiting, Managing and Supporting volunteers. [Supporting the NCVO session 20 July] read more