This resource contains tips and considerations for delivering Reading Friends over the phone. Please read through before starting your telephone befriending calls. read more
If you have a story to share, please tell us about it using the example questions in this resource as a guide. read more
If a Reading Friends participant would like to share their story, please tell us about it using the questions in this resource as a guide. read more
The Reading Agency and Yours Magazine are delighted to partner up and bring you this feel-good fiction collection and toolkit.
The team at Yours Magazine have chosen their favourite mood-boosting short stories from their recent Yours Fiction Special magazines to share with you, alongside… read more
A brief information sheet to help you log in and access Reading Friends resources with your passport account. read more
This pack provides facts about what foraging is and plants that are commonly found in the UK, as well ideas for activities and discussion questions. read more
Ideas, activities and reading materials for a spring-themed Reading Friends session including things to read, look at and talk about. read more
Click here to take a look at our short Coordinator training videos. There are five altogether that you access from the link below. You can also read the PDFs – they are accessible as separate resources. Please use Chrome to access.
<a href="https://vimeo.com/showcase/8027684">Watch the… read more
This pack provides further materials and ideas for activities to use alongside the session idea Spring. read more
Details and links of other useful organisations including mental health contact details in Welsh. 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
Watch our film Yarn, Natter, Blether to discover four stories from Reading Friends across the UK. Filmed in 2018.
<a href="https://vimeo.com/295647082">Watch video</a> read more
Coordinator training: PDF of video 1. It is still worth watching the short videos as they contain more information. read more