Our Hospital Programme
For children in hospital, books and stories are particularly important – they comfort, distract, reassure and entertain, while also supporting disrupted learning. Read for Good provides a regular supply of brand new books along with storyteller visits to brighten up the days of children in all of the UK’s main children’s hospitals.
Children unable to leave their beds can choose books from our specially designed mobile bookcase which wheels right up to their bedside. Because they are brand new, the books are safe for those at high risk of infection.
Our hospitals

England
- Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
- Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool
- Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
- Evelina London Children’s Hospital, London
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester
- Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
- Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull
- Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital, Norwich
- Jersey General Hospital, Saint Helier
- John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
- Leeds Children’s Hospital, Leeds
- Leicester Children’s Hospital, Leicester
- Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
- Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, Brighton
- Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
- Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro
- Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter
- Royal Free Hospital, London
- Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester
- Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield
- Southampton General Hospital, Southampton
Scotland
- Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, Aberdeen
- Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow
- Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, Edinburgh
Wales
- Morriston Hospital, Swansea
- Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff
- Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor and Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl