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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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Welcome guide for 1-1 participants

If you are running a 1-1 Reading Friends project, in hospital or someone's home, this can be useful to support those initial conversations with participants and manage their expectations about what happens when someone visits. Please use the resource or adapt the content for your local setting. read more

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Volunteer Agreement - Sample

You can use this resource or adapt any of the information within it to suit your local context. It can be helpful to have an Agreement with volunteers, then everyone is clear about expectations. read more

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The Wild Robot series by Peter Brown - digital pack (including extracts)

From bestselling author and illustrator Peter Brown comes a heartwarming and action-packed third book in his New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot series, exploring what happens when nature and technology collide.

The digital pack includes:
• A4 Poster – downloadable PDF
• The Wild… read more

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Indi Raye is Totally Faking It by Lauren Layfield - Activity sheet and extract

For fans of GEEK GIRL and SUPER AWKWARD comes a hilarious new teen series from CBBC presenter and Capital DJ, Lauren Layfield.

Meet Indi. She's new to Manchester with approximately zero friends. Unless you count Gary, who, unfortunately, is a gecko.

If Indi's going to find some real mates -… read more

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The Reading Agency’s December booklist for children and young people - Books of the Year!

At The Reading Agency, we have read a lot of brilliant books over the past year; books that have made us laugh, cry and left us with a lot to discuss. Members of our team have picked the books that have stood out for them in 2024. We hope you find some inspiration for your next read, or perhaps… read more

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