17th February 2022
It’s easy to think that storytelling is just what the word says: telling a story. But since working at Read … Read More
Filed under: Read for Good in Hospitals Tagged with: Appeal, books, Donations, Hospital, Hospital School, hospital teacher, play team, Radio 4 Appeal, reading, stories, storyteller
19th April 2021
Hello! My name is Diane Fleming and I was the School Librarian at Halewood Academy, which is a Secondary School … Read More
Filed under: Schools running a Readathon Tagged with: books, Hospital, librarian, library, read for fun, Readathon
14th January 2021
Just over 40 students armed with new bookmarks and swanky sponsor cards took part in the first Farnley Academy Readathon. … Read More
Filed under: Schools running a Readathon Tagged with: books, Hospital, Leeds Children's Hospital, librarian, library, Readathon, reading, reading challenge, sponsored read, students
20th November 2019
Here’s to our folks who tell the tales, From robot gardeners to hypnotic whales, From Truro up to Aberdeen,These are … Read More
Filed under: Storytellers Tagged with: children, folk, Hospital, ode, poem, poems, stories, story, storyteller
3rd June 2019
This year, a huge focus for Colegrave was to instil a love of books in all of our children whilst … Read More
Filed under: Schools running a Readathon Tagged with: fundraising, Hospital, hospitals, read for good, read with meaning, Readathon, reading, reading for fun, reading for pleasure, sick children, storymaker
31st October 2018
I was delighted to be asked by Read For Good and Leicester-based literacy initiative Whatever it Takes to run workshops … Read More
Filed under: Friends of Readathon Tagged with: author, books, Hospital, librarian, primary school, Readathon, reading, sponsored read
5th September 2018
I always struggle when trying to start writing a blog post for someone else. After all, it’s not my blog … Read More
Filed under: Friends of Readathon Tagged with: author, books, Gloucestershire, Hospital, librarian, library, literature, primary, Readathon in Residence, reading, school, schools, sponsored read, storyteller
27th June 2018
The Trust was set up by the childrens’ and young adults’ author Siobhan Dowd, who in the last days of … Read More
Filed under: Friends of Readathon, Trust Fund Tagged with: author, books, funding, grants, Hospital, Hospital School, Readathon, storytelling
11th December 2017
I’ve always been a big fan of Christmas – the twinkly lights, mince pies, mulled wine and hours watching films … Read More
Filed under: Staff Tagged with: author, books, Hospital, Hospital School, reading, storyteller
15th November 2017
The Read for Good bookcase has been on the Children’s Ward for four years and is enjoyed and appreciated by … Read More
Filed under: Read for Good in Hospitals, Storytellers Tagged with: books, Hospital, Hospital School, storyteller, storytelling
2nd October 2017
There’s something so magical about meeting the author of your favourite book and hearing about their inspiration for the story. … Read More
Filed under: Festival, Uncategorised Tagged with: author, books, Festival, festivals, Hospital, partners, partnership, reading
2nd August 2017
Hello everyone! It’s the start of the second week of our summer holidays and we wanted to tell you about … Read More
Filed under: Sponsored read Tagged with: author, books, Holiday Read, Hospital, literature, Readathon, reading, reading group, sponsored read