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WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND
READ THIS
THE READER ORGANISATION’S ANNUAL REPORT 2011/12
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FOREWORD
GreetinGs from niall Gibney (in liverpool) and eamee boden (in Wirral)... There’s quite a lot in this annual report about locations, expansions and movements, but then our HQ is in Liverpool and a little (Liver) birdy told us that back in the day Liverpool was a major exporter - the biggest shipping and docking industry the world has ever seen. Could this have been possible without support from the Wirral? Providing a friendly competitiveness, a sibling rivalry if you will.
It was across the River Mersey where the ‘Reading Revolution’ first set sail, in Birkenhead, almost ten years ago. Now we have many hands on deck: we’ve got some great captains, and some newer to the ship learning the ropes, like us,The Reader’ Organisation’s first Apprentices.
“I’ve really enjoyed the past year at The Reader Organisation, and there was nothing more enjoyable than delivering the presentation to Trusthouse that earned the cash to employ Miss Eamee! It’s been like the sea; not always plain sailing but if you can make it through the storms and survive until the sun comes back out, that always makes it worth it. Now that I’m in my second year, I can hoist the flag and begin to set sail, and with that I hand you to our youngest recruit...”
“Reading is extending my horizons and on them I can see success, where my ship is heading. When I first joined The Reader Organisation I was nervous, but as the weeks and months flew by, I’ve grown to feel a part of what I call The Reader family. The highlights of my week are reading at Egremont and Greasby primary schools. They’re both completely different but going into the schools for a whole day each week and seeing how shared reading
actually makes an impact on children’s lives, the 110% effort they make even when they find school life hard, makes my job such a joy. I have thoroughly enjoyed the first six months of my Reader voyage and I look forward to many more.”
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ABOUT US
The Reader Organisation is an award-winning charitable social enterprise working to connect people with great literature, and each other.
our missionOur mission is to build a Reading Revolution.
our visionWe envisage a world in which everyone has access to literature, and in which personal responses to books are freely shared in reading communities in every area of life.
our aims are to:• Grow Get into Reading• Create a National Culture of Shared Reading• Work with one or more Councils as partners to
transform a library service, modelling libraries as centres of community and personal learning
• Buildastrongandflexibleorganisation.
STATS! Just a note on stats before we get going: numbers are given as an averageasgroupnumberscanfluctuateduringtheyear.
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Introduction ⎥ 5Significantdevelopments⎥ 6Regional activities ⎥ 9 Scotland ⎥ 9 Northern Ireland ⎥ 13 North East ⎥ 16 Wigan and Greater Mcr ⎥ 19 Liverpool ⎥ 23 Wirral ⎥ 29 London ⎥ 33 South West ⎥ 39Training ⎥ 43Wider World ⎥ 48Our People ⎥ 50End of Year Accounts⎥ 54
CONTENTS
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“It’s been a year of creativity, expansion and structure. These three words may seem incompatible but they are critical to how we operate as a high quality, literary, innovative and resourceful social business.”
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IthasbeenanotherexcitingyearofgrowthforTheReader Organisation as we continue working hard to
achieve our aims. While our Get Into Reading projects grow in depth and variety, we’ve also been busy creating organisational frameworks for development that will allow us to face the future with stability and confidence.
Our geographic reach continues to spread, as this report will show you, with two project workers based in Scotland: one working with older and one with younger people.
We are proud to have been awarded the Social Enterprise Mark, which provides a visible assurance that our work is driven by social ob-jectives. In February 2011, we were also delighted to have been named as one of Britain’s New Radicals by The Observer and NESTA, one of fiftyinthecountryandoneoftwenty-fiveoutsideLondon.I’dliketothank the Intern Team, who so creatively put our application together.
It’s been a year of creativity, expansion and structure. These three words may seem incompatible but they are critical to how we operate as a high quality, literary, innovative and resourceful social business. These qualities underpin all of our activities – our projects, events, publications, evaluations, operations, systems and developments – and as we grow, they become even more important.
Thisreportpullsoutsomeofthehighlightsandsignificantnewprojects of the year. It can’t showcase everything we do but it does, we hope, provide you with a distinct sense of what the Reading Revolu-tionisallabout.Westartoffwithafewofthemostsignificantdevel-opments for The Reader Organisation in the past year, before taking you on a trip around the areas of the UK we’re working in, starting up in the north with Scotland. So we hope you’ll stop what you’re doing and read this.
Finally, I’d like to say a huge thank you to all our supporters, funders, staff, trustees and volunteers.
Dr Jane Davis MBEFounder and Director, The Reader Organisation
INTRODUCTION
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Significant Developments
West EvertonIn August 2011, we moved from our birthplace at the University of Liverpool to The Friary Centre in West Everton. We are now completely settled in, have established a good working relationship with our landlords, West Everton Community Council, and are finding different ways of engaging with the local community, ranging from running a Get Into Reading group every week in the building for local residents, to a community allotment. We held our first ever public AGM here and set up a new project with Liverpool Charity and Volun-tary Services (part funded by the Lloyds TSB Foundation), providing a long awaited opportunity for us to begin shared reading with children and families living in West Everton.
Centre for Research into Reading, Information and Lingustic SystemsIn November, the University of Liverpool established a Centre for Research into Reading, Information and Linguistic Systems (CRILS). We have been forging a strong partnership with the centre, with a particular focus on researching and evaluating our work with people living with dementia, people engaged with the criminal justice system and people living with chronic pain.
ApprenticeshipsIn September 2011, thanks to funding from the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation, we were able to appoint our second Apprentice. Being able to offer a life changing opportunity to another young person has strengthened our resolve to want to do more for young people in difficult situations. Our whole staff team have committed to fundraising to be able to provide a third Apprentice with the opportunity to build on their strengths, improve their confidence and for us to be able to provide a living salary and opportunities for personal development. Read more in our Wirral report.
Stop What You’re Doing And Read This! Jane Davis contributed a chapter on the ‘Reading Revolution’ in Stop What You’re Doing and Read This (Vintage, 2011), a collection of ten essays by authors from science, publishing, technology and social enterprise. Out of this chapter came conference invitations, meeting requests and a generous donation towards our outreach work.
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VolunteeringDuring the period of the report we secured our largest pot of funding to date, from the National Lottery through the BigLotteryFund.Thisfundingisforafiveyear volunteer project that seeks to enable those at risk of or suffering from mental healthdifficulties,isolationorunemploy-menttobenefitfromjoiningateamof volunteers who are taking Get Into Reading to elderly people in care homes on Merseyside. The project provides volunteers with training and support from TRO staff, with a focus on their own personal development and an impact on their wider lives. We provide opportunities for volunteers to be trained as readersforelderlypeople,assistantsinGIRgroups,orforoffice-basedroles. Volunteers receive regular feedback from TRO staff, through which their achievements will be recognised and celebrated. The project is already well established in Wirral and wider Merseyside and continues to gather momentum.
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• 2 team members• 15 groups each week• 90 people reached each week
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Regional activities
Scotland
in brief
IthasbeenanexcitingdevelopmentforustobeginworkinginScotland,firstlywitholderpeoplethankstofundingfromBigLotteryScotland and then, with special funding from the Tudor Trust, a three-year project with young people and their families in Glasgow.
Commissions and proJeCts
Older People• Get Into Reading Pilot Project for Older People with Dementia and
Carers funded by Big Lottery Scotland
Young People• Get Into Reading Glasgow funded by the Tudor Trust• Dalry High School Pilot Project, Dumfries and Galloway
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Get Into Reading Glasgow Based at the St Mungo’s Learning Community in the East End of Glas-gow, this three year transition project (funded by the Tudor Trust) aims to promote, develop and deliver Get Into Reading groups for children in schools and their families, with a particular focus upon students in years P6 and P7. We engage with a cluster of schools to promote the enjoyment of literature, encouraging people and their families living intheLearningCommunitytoseereadingasafun,beneficialandlifeenhancing activity. The project is also working hard to engage the families of the children involved by running groups for parents and, with input from group members, helping to redesign the local library.
Dalry High School Pilot Project, Dumfries and GallowayA twelve-week pilot project was set up in St John’s Town of Dalry Secondary School to run a weekly GIR group for female students aged 13–15whohadbeenexperiencingconflictwithintheirpeergroupsandlackedself-esteemandconfidence.Theprojecthadgreatresults.
Get Into Reading Pilot Project for Older People with Dementia and Carers Thispilotproject,specificallydesignedtoengageolderpeoplelivingwith Dementia and their carers across Scotland, was launched in August 2011 after receiving £10,000 from Big Lottery Scotland. The project had three distinct components:
1. Deliverthirty-sixtasterGIRsessionsacrossthewholecountry,ranging from the North-East (a taster session in a castle in Banff), to the South-West (a hospital ward in Dumfries and Galloway).
2. Run two twelve-week long pilot projects in Dumfries and Gal-loway, one for carers and one for both people with dementia and their carers.
3. Deliver a Showcase event at the National Centre for Dementia Research at the University of Stirling, ‘Looking Back, Moving Forwards’ (forthcoming July 2012)
The project has also been supported by Alzheimer Scotland, who have hosted many of the taster sessions and commissioned an A Little, Aloud workshop for staff.
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This is better than TV! Magic, pure magic.”
Man living with dementia in Oban
“Each week over 280 children take part in 20 group, one-to-one and whole school readings. Many of these children had poor attendance records, low opinions of school and had never even held a book outside of the classroom. Within a year the same children have read out loud forthefirsttime,recommendedstoriesandpoemstotheirfriendsandwalkedthroughtheschoolgatessmiling,excitedforwhatcouldhappenin the story that day. Get Into Reading has become part of the fabric of each school with an effect lasting beyond our sessions; whole schools are united in a love for reading and those children disengaged with their studieshavefoundaconfidencetocontributemoreinclass.”
Patrick Fisher, Young Person’s Project Worker
“BeforeChristmasIheardthreechildrenwalkingpastmyofficeontheirway back from their group still talking about the poem they had just read.InmyfifteenyearsofteachingattheschoolthiswasthefirsttimeIhad heard any children, let alone three 8 year olds, all still contributing to aseriousdiscussionaboutatextoutsideoftheclassroom.”
Mrs Gonzalez, Head Teacher, Sacred Heart Primary School
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EDGE 2012: In March the Older People’s pilot project won the Social Category at the EDGE 2012 Awards. The award recognises the project’s ability to engage with, and make a difference in, local communities.
WHat else?• 23 people in Scotland have been trained through our A Little,
Aloud workshop, enabling them to lead one-to-one shared reading aloud sessions with the people they care for.
• We are now a registered charity in Scotland: SC 043054
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Northern Ireland
in brief
Our small but powerful presence in Northern Ireland demonstrates how Get Into Reading is strongly felt. Delivering showcases and presentingatconferenceshaveprovidedopportunitiestoexploreworking in partnership with health and education services.
Commissions and proJeCts
Criminal justice• Reading for Life, Hydebank Wood Prison• GetIntoReadingforEx-offenders
Education• Queen’s University, Belfast
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• 1 team member• 5 groups each week• 49 people reached each week
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Reading for Life, Hydebank Wood PrisonWe have been reading with the fourty-four women in Hydebank Wood Prison over the past two years as part of the Reading for Life pilot project, a collaborative initiative between The Reader Organisa-tion and the National Personality Disorder Team at the Department of Health/HomeOffice.
Get Into Reading for Ex-offenders: Through the Educational Shakespeare Company (ESC), who work withnon-politicallyaffiliatedex-prisonersinNorthernIreland,weareextendingourprojecttoofferaconsistencytothewomeninHyde-bank on their release. A pilot project has been set up which will be evaluated,andinthenextyearwealsohopetoextendawelcometothemaleex-prisonercommunityandyouthatrisk.
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It’s hard to believe that P is now doing Toe-by-Toe [working with and mentoring other women in literacy
learning]. She would NEVER have participated in this, or even volun-teered for anything before Get Into Reading!”
Prison Governor, Hydebank Wood Prison
“When we go back to our cell, we take your stories and poems with us, as thoughts, not paper. We get locked when we go back, and those stories get locked with us. Last week, that story (David Constantine’s ‘Under The Dam’) was about me. It was my life. I could identify with that woman who has lived a lifetime of feeling second-best in her husband’s eyes. I thought about it for days, that story, I mean. I thought about my own life, how I have dealt with those feelings. The story helped me to see it from someone else’s point of view and I was able –finally–tomakemypeacewithit.”
J, group member, Hydebank Wood prison
“In the second week of our Get Into Reading sessions, one student, B bravelysharedaverypersonalexperience,impelledbythestorywewere reading at the time – a painful struggle with debilitating depres-sion, for which B had to take over a year off to facilitate recovery. Here he was, in the company of relative strangers, speaking eloquently and emotionally,aboutthoseexperiences.“Icanunderstandthispoem,”says B, “it’s a way of understanding what depression is for me… a way of putting it into words. I like that.”
Patricia Canning, Project Worker, Northern Ireland
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North East
in brief
Our Reader-in-Residence at Low Newton Prison doesn’t just deliver Get Into Reading groups, he has also created links with Durham Literature Festival and other organisations to ensure that there’s a vibrant, cultural life within the prison.
Commissions and proJeCts:
Criminal Justice• HMP Low Newton
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Reading for Life, HMP Low NewtonThese reading groups are also part of the Reading for Life pilot project (see Northern Ireland). At Low Newton, the Reader-in-Residence, Charlie Darby-Villis, runs two groups, both in the Learning Shop within the prison library. These are open to the general prison population and to women in the Primrose (DSPD) Programme. The prison librar-ian has also been trained by us.
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1 team member2 groups each week5 people reached each week
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One of the women from my Monday group is being re-leased, so she came up to me to say goodbye – thanking
me for the Reading for Life group because “it’s the only thing that’s kept mesaneforthepastsixmonths.”ShethenproceededtorevealthatsheplannednotonlytofinishGreat Expectations, which we’ve been reading for the last four months, but to read it aloud with her husband – that our way of reading had inspired her so much that she felt that it would be something that she needed to both continue and share.”
Charlie Darby-Villis, Reader-in-Residence, HMP Low Newton
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PrisonerActionNet Awards 2011: Get Into Reading shortlisted.
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Wigan and Greater Manchester
in brief
This year a new commission from Greater Manchester West Mental HealthTrustmeansthatwehavebeenabletoextendourworkoutfrom Wigan into Manchester and the surrounding areas. In Wigan, our staff have been working with group members to help them achieve Open College North West accreditation, removing another barrier to employment.
Commissions and proJeCts
Health and Wellbeing• Greater Manchester West Mental Health Trust
Community• Worklessness project commissioned by Wigan Council
Criminal Justice• Greater Manchester Probation Service
Older People• Ashton, Leigh & Wigan Memory Assessment Service
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John Denmark Unit The John Denmark Unit, part of Greater Manchester West Mental Health Trust, is one of only three inpatient wards in the country for Deaf Sign speakers with serious mental illness. Because most service users here do not read English, the reading group is conducted through a professional Sign translator (funded by a generous grant fromtheD’OylyCarteCharitableTrust)whotranslatesthetext(usu-ally poems) and the discussion. This is not only translation into different language,butintoadifferentartform,whereexpressivenuancesof gesture and movement take the place of the sound or ‘music’ of poetry. Our Reader-in-Residence also works across a range of other specialist mental health provisions, including young people’s acute and secure inpatient wards, older people’s services, medium secure services and in-reach at HMP Styal and drug and alcohol inpatient detox.
Greater Manchester Probation Trust ProjectFunded by the Trusthouse Foundation, this project concluded in July 2011. It established shared reading groups in seven Approved Premises and trained seventeen staff. The project was independently evaluated by the Revolving Doors Agency, whose report highlighted themanybenefitstohostelresidents,suchasimprovingliteracy,al-leviatingboredom,andprovidingasourceofrelaxation.Anextensionproject, funded jointly by GMPT and the Trusthouse Foundation, is in the process of being established.
WorklessnessWe have delivered Get Into Reading with Wigan Council since 2010, providingpersonalbenefitsforunemployedindividualsexperiencing,oratriskofexperiencing,mentalhealthproblems,andtoreducelevelsof worklessness. The groups work to facilitate recovery and increase social inclusion for people with enduring mental health problems and improve community wellbeing through increased provision of and access to sustainable health services. To date the project has farexceededtargets,engagingwith47%morepeoplethanweexpectedandafurther26%moreengaginginvolunteering,trainingoremployment.
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‘I was and still am amazed at the results which the reading group attains. The members come from differ-
ent walks of life and with different problems to overcome. I would never have guessed that by asking (always requesting, never forcing) people to read aloud you would see them transformed from lacking inconfidenceandbeingsomewhatintrospective,intoconfidentandengaging individuals who clearly look forward to being involved with thegroupanditsnextsession.’
Stephen Timms, Director, Compassion in Action
‘The Reader Organisation trained local support workers, supervised them in their early [shared reading] groups and developed a programme of readings tailored especially for people with memory retention problems. The outcomes derived from the work (utilising validated psychometric measures) indicated that the groups were successful in their aims to improve the quality of life and mental wellbeing of people with dementia. Theobservationalviewsofthesupportworkersconfirmedthisandtheparticipation and spontaneity within the groups surprised all facilitators.’
Peter Harrison, Senior Commissioning Manager, NHS Ashton, Leigh & Wigan
‘GetIntoReadinghasbeenavaluableandinsightfulexperienceforme.FromthefirstgroupIsatinon,itbecameevidentthatthereadingaloud of short stories and poems was an effective means of bringing people together and allowing them to discuss their lives in a safe and open environment’
Debbie Browne, librarian and trained facilitatorMarsh Green Library, Wigan
WHat else?
• In our most recent evaluation 89% of group members in Wigan saidtheyfeltmoreconfidentabouttakingpartingroupdiscussion
• 22 beneficiariesontheWorklessnessprojecthaveachievedOpenCollege North West accreditation, which will help them in their job search, whilst a further 26 have gone into employment and 23 have gone on to volunteer.
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Liverpool
in brief
Our work in the city of Liverpool and the surrounding areas includes Get Into Reading groups in all of our specialist areas. Many of the projects listed below are re-commissions and we are working towards ensuring the sustainability of these projects. With a huge variety of work going on, we’ve decided to focus on the newer and more chal-lenging projects of the year.
Commissions and proJeCts
Health and Wellbeing• Well Read commissioned by Liverpool PCT• Mersey Care NHS Trust
Older People• Knowsley Care Homes commissioned by Knowsley PCT• Halton Care Homes commissioned by Halton MBC• BUPA
Criminal Justice• HMP Liverpool• Women’s Turnaround Project
Young People (0–18 yrs) including one-to-one sessions, school and community groups• Fazakerley School• Looked-after children funded by JP Getty Junior Charitable Trust
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Education• Liverpool Hope University
Community • ToxtethLibrary• West Everton Community Council
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Liverpool Hope UniversityIn September 2011, inspired by hearing one of our Apprentices reading aloud, Liverpool Hope University commissioned us to deliver a Reader-in-Residence project in its Faculty of Education. This aims to instil a love of reading in hundreds of undergraduate students. Two staff and several volunteers ran twenty-one groups each week throughout the academic year, engaging with 550 students. Hope Readers is commissioned until July 2014.
Well Read This was a pilot project, commissioned for one year, to see if the social prescribing model used by some GPs could work for reading groups. We set up 6 GIR groups within libraries and health centres over the course of the year and encouraged GPs to refer their patients as a complement or alternative to drug treatments. Twenty individuals have engaged with the project on a regular basis so far, with numbers steadily rising towards the end of the project. 3 GPs were using the referral system with many more self-referrals. Evaluation forms have been completed by those who have attended groups for over 3 months and this information is currently being compiled. At the end of the project we received continuation funding of £25,000 to keep the groups running for another year, until March 2013.
Women’s Turnaround ProjectFully aware of the need, we ran an unfunded group at the Women’s Turnaround Project (a centre that provides much needed support for female offenders and those at risk of offending) for several years. A successful bid to the Pilgrim Trust gave us funding for a three-year pro-ject to ensure that these vulnerable, at-risk women continue to have access to a Get Into Reading group. We have read with thirty-seven women so far and the funding also enables us to provide training to ensure that the groups are sustainable far into the future.
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‘WhenIfirststartedworkinginToxteth,notmanypeople knew much about Get Into Reading but now
all of our groups are well attended and members turn up week after week, rain or shine, to attend their group. As well as watching thegroupsgrow,Ihaveseenindividualsgrowinconfidence,socialawareness and develop a sense of community. I have members that feelsoexcludedfromsocietythattheydonotgooutofthehousealone–excepttoattendthereadinggroup,onceaweek,everyweek– without fail.’
Beverley LaRoc, Get Into Reading Project Worker, Toxteth
“The strength of the future delivery of therapeutic services has got to be based on our working in partnership with other organisations, as we have with The Reader Organisation since 2007. This gives us the opportunitytobringinnewapproachesandsoenhancetheexperi-ence of users of our services.”
Cath McCafferty, Head Librarian, Mersey Care NHS Trust
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Awards
• Guardian Public Service Awards 2011: Mersey Care Reads was named as joint runner-up in the ‘Partnership Working’ category
• Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards 2011: Jane Davis and Niall Gibney shortlisted in the Against All Odds category
TEDx: After winning the New Radicals award from The Observer and NESTA, Jane Davis was invited to participate in The Observer’s TEDx event by giving a talk at the simulcast event in Liverpool’s Bluecoat on 10th March 2012.
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reader events
Penny Readings and Ha’penny Readings, St George’s Hall, 4th December 2011This was our eighth Penny Readings and our second Ha’penny Read-ings. Readings were by Frank Cottrell Boyce, David Morrissey, Tommy Donbavand and our very own Angela Macmillan. Magician Darren Campbell, the Wirral Ukuele Orchestra, pianist Jasmine Scarisbrick and singerLaurenSpinkaddedinsomeextrasparkle.
Chapter and Verse events, Mersey Care NHS Trust sites, 12th-16th October 2011For the third year running, The Reader Organisation teamed up with Mersey Care NHS Trust and the Bluecoat’s Chapter & Verse Literature Festival in Liverpool for a series of author visits. Colin Grant, John
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Healy and Sarah Hall visited Ashworth Hospital, the Kevin White Unit, and Crosby Library. The events brought together authors and readers (current and potential) in an informal and open way to share readings, questions and conversations.
WHat else?
• 92% of care home staff surveyed as part of the Knowsley Care Homes project said that residents’ social engagement was improved during their reading sessions.
• 100% of the looked-after children we read with one-to-one told us they enjoyed reading books they wouldn’t have chosen them-selves, and that they enjoyed discussing their ideas and opinions.
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Wirral
in brief
Wirral Council and Wirral NHS have funded our work in the borough forthelastfiveyears.Ourreadersrangeinagefrom4-100andinclude looked-after children, carers, people with mental and physical health problems, dementia and learning disabilities, homeless people – and people wanting to make new friends and enjoy reading together.
Commissions and proJeCts
Health and Wellbeing• Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust• Forum Housing• Wirral NHS• Wirral Drug and Alcohol Action Team
Community • Forum Housing• Wirral Libraries, funded by Wirral Council
Older people• Delivery in care homes across Wirral are funded by Wirral NHS
Young People• Reading one-to-one with looked-after children, funded by JP
Getty Charitable Trust• Reader-in-Residence at Egremont Primary School• Reader-in-Residence at Greasby Primary School
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10 team members108 groups each week640 people reached each week 108
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership TrustThis year saw a new project with drug and alcohol service users within Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust, providing groups at two differ-ent centres and training for four members of staff who will eventually take on the running of the groups themselves.
Forum HousingWewerepleasedtoreceiveourfirstcommissionthisyearfromahousing association, Forum Housing, which helps 16-25 year olds in housing need. Here, we are reading with young mums and their babies, and young people with vulnerable mental health. We’re also training their staff to use shared reading as part of their jobs.
Reader Apprenticeship ProgrammeThis year has seen the beginning of a three-year paid apprenticeship, The Reader Organisation’s second, for a Wirral care leaver who is helping us bring the pleasure of reading to primary school children and also getting into reading herself. This wonderful opportunity has been funded by Trusthouse Charitable Foundation and provides a great start to the working life of a young person. The recruitment process for this apprenticeship sparked the organisation-wide commitment to helping more young care leavers. We are currently in the midst of a funding drive to enable us to create more opportunities like this.
Since being at The Reader Organisation I have had unlimitedsupport.Movingintoaflatbymyselfhasbeen
the biggest obstacle I’ve faced so far. In facing these adult scenarios since starting at The Reader I’ve gone from this uncertain girl to being a young ‘responsible’ adult and it’s been scary; however with the con-tinuous support of The Reader I have got through that obstacle and I’m now living responsibly. Having the opportunity to be an Apprentice has been completely life-changing.”
Eamee Boden, Get Into Reading Apprentice
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The Reader Organisation’s second national conference, ‘Reading for Wellbeing’, took place on 17th May 2011 at the Floral Pavillion, New Brighton. Our special guest speakers from the US, Professor Maryanne Wolf, and author Marilynne Robinson, joined 246 delegates: GPs, teachers, psychiatrists, librarians, academics, readers, students, care home staff, publishers, journalists, nurses and occupational therapists. The conference led to a number of new projects and training commis-sions, including from West London Mental Health Trust (see p. 35).
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It’s humbling. I am constantly amazed by the enthusiasm and concentration of our reading group at Willow
Bank, despite the poor health and mobility of most members. They are committed to attending once a week for the group support and friendship but mostly to enjoy a wide variety of stories, poems and novels that we have shared. I really enjoy the rich discussion stemming frompersonalandcommonexperienceswhichisstimulatedbytheliterature we share. One members sums it up by saying “This is simply the best day of the week; I look forward to it so much.”
Rhiannon Evans, Volunteer Reader, Big Lottery Project
“It’s a responsibility and it’s a joy. It’s a commitment and it’s a privilege.”
Sheila Houldin, Volunteer Reader, Big Lottery Project
“Without the reading group, I don’t feel that my recovery would have been possible. Listening to someone tell a story, read a play or recite a poem holds my attention for far longer than anything else can, giving me food for good thoughts and distracting my attention away from my issues and addiction triggers. The snacks, the tea and coffee, the warm, safe and non-judgmental atmosphere all contribute to making this a place where people want to be, where I want to be…”
Pete, GIR group member
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London
in brief
This year our London team has grown from two staff members to five,andthreevolunteerstosixteen,withnewcommissionsinBarnet,Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets, and Broad-moor Hospital in Berkshire.
Across all of our groups in London, when asked what difference being inthereadinggrouphasmadetotheirlives,85%ofgroupmemberssay they are more likely to share books or poems with friends or familymembers,86%sayit’sachancetomeetpeopletheywouldn’tmeetintheirday-to-daylivesand81%aremoreunderstandingtowards other people.
Commissions and proJeCts
Health and Wellbeing• Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust• West London Mental Health NHS Trust
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Community• Barnet Volunteering project, in partnership with Barnet Libraries• Kensington & Chelsea Reader-in-Residence, in partnership with
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Libraries, Inner North West London Primary Care Trusts, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, and Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
• Lambeth Reader-in-Residence, in partnership with Lambeth Libraries and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
• Tower Hamlets Reader-in-Residence, in partnership with Idea Store
Criminal Justice• HMP Wormwood Scrubs, in partnership with Central London
Community Healthcare NHS Trust
in foCus HMP Wormwood ScrubsCentral London Community Healthcare NHS Trust commissioned us to provide a three-month pilot of two weekly reading groups for men in HMP Wormwood Scrubs. Healthcare staff refer men to the group, particularlythosewhoareidentifiedasexperiencingmildtomoderatementalhealthdifficulties,includinganxietyanddepression.SomemenhaveliteracydifficultiesandanumberhaveloworlimitedEnglishlanguage capacity, but engagement has been very positive with many participantsreturningtothegroup.95%ofgroupmemberssaidthattheyfeltmorerelaxed,andmoreabletocopewithstressbecauseofbeing in the group.
Barnet Volunteering ProjectInpartnershipwithBarnetLibrarieswehavedevelopedourfirstvolunteer-led project in community settings. We recruited, trained and provided support meetings for twelve volunteers to work in pairs to run seven shared reading groups across Barnet. Host organisations included Barnet Multilingual Wellbeing Service, Barnet Homes and The Hyde Children’s Centre and we linked up Mind in Barnet and Barnet Refugee Service to refer people to the group.
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West London Mental Health NHS TrustThis one-year Reader-in-Residence provides reading groups on in-patient wards, particularly in secure forensic settings. Our aims are toimprovequalityoflifeandserviceuserexperience,andtoenableengagement and social interaction while improving wellbeing. The project is providing reading groups at the St Bernard’s Hospital site, and one-to-one and group reading sessions at Broadmoor Hospital. WehavealsoprovidedtrainingforuptosixteenTruststaffandsup-port them to deliver groups in these settings.
in tHeir oWn Words
The reading group has boosted my self-esteem since I haveparticipatedandhasgivenmemoreself-confidence
when I have discussions with staff in general; it has encouraged me to read more in my spare time which has released a lot of stress off my shoulders as I have been suffering from depression.”
Group member, HMP Wormwood Scrubs
“We’ve been working very closely with The Reader Organisation for the last two years to establish and consolidate the Book Breaks sessionsinsixofourbuildings.ThishasprovideduswiththemissinglinkinwhattheIdeaStoreoffers:areadingexperienceunlikeanyother in a library setting. Our customers tell us they really value Book Breaks–andweknowfromwhattheysaythattheexperiencemakesa difference to their lives.”
Sergio Dogliani, Deputy Director, Idea Store
“Itakesomethinggoodawayfromittoo.It’shardtoexplain,butIleave the group on a ‘high’. Seeing how reading has brought people together, and observing people make friends is something special. How often do we sit with strangers from diverse backgrounds and with differentexperiencesandtalk?”
Volunteer, Barnet
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in tHe spotliGHt
• ‘Read and Don’t Weep’ by Wayne Gooderham, Time Out: London, 1st December 2011
• Jane Davis particapated in a panel discussion, ‘Literature: The Medicine Chest of the Soul’ at the LSE Literary Festival, 29th February 2012
reader events
Penny Readings London at British Library, Sunday 22nd JanuaryThe Reader Organisation teamed up with Vintage Classics and the British Library to bring our famous Penny Readings from Liverpool to Londonforthefirsttime.TheeventmarkedthebeginningofDickens’bicentennial year and featured a fantastic ensemble of entertainers, musicians, magicians and readers, including AS Byatt, Louis de Bernières, and comedian Arthur Smith.
partner events
Stories Before Bedtime at the Criterion Theatre, London• Hallowe’en, 31st October, featuring: Mark Gatiss (pictured, right)
Patricia Hodge and Tim McInnerny• Twisted Love, 10th Feb 2012, featuring: Niamh Cusack, Tom Hid-
dleston, Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani
Stories Before Bedtime, in association with The Reader Organisation, is a series of late-night readings at the Criterion Theatre in London’s Piccadilly Circus. Each event is designed to champion the love of reading and stories, transporting the audience back to a time when being read to before bedtime was a fundamental part of everyday life.
WHat else?
• Our London reading groups are very diverse, with more than 50% of our reading group members in London coming from non-white-English backgrounds.
• Over 55% of our group members describe themselves as having a disability, and of those over 50% mention mental ill-health.
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South West
in brief
Our staff in the South West are working across a huge area: Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Dorset. Their work, which is now in its second year, has a health and wellbeing focus, with strong partner-ships forging with library and mental health services.
Commissions and proJeCts
Health and Wellbeing• Community groups for mental health recovery, commissioned by
Devon Library Services, Plymouth County Council and Somerset PCT
• GP Surgery Reading Group funded by Outlook South West• Day centre groups funded by Tudor Trust
Older People• Library Memory Groups funded by The Tudor Trust and Devon
Library Services
Community• Newton Ferrers Reading Room and West Park reading group
funded by The Tudor Trust• Cullompton Community Reading group commissioned by Devon
Library Services
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5 team members14 groups each week91 people reached each week
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Community Groups for Mental Health RecoveryDevon is a national pilot area for the Recovery approach and we have been working with Recovery Managers in Mental Health Trusts and service-user forums to develop and deliver groups in clinical, care and community settings. These groups provide consistency, enjoyment and meaningful social engagement to support often chaotic transitions between treatment and growing self-determination. We have piloted the transition from groups in treatment settings to library settings in order to raise interest from funders for an interlinked network of instant access groups for people at all stages of recovery.
Library Memory GroupsLibraryMemoryGroupsareaspecificresponsetotheelderlyandretirement demographic in the South West. Commissioned by Devon Library Services, the attendance at these groups has doubled this year and retention is strong with an average of eight people coming each week. The concentration, sense of achievement and comfortable socialisationbenefitstomembershavecaughttheattentionofhealthprofessionals and councillors, such as Jo Bussell, Adult Social Care Plymouth County Council, “We need one of these in all the libraries.” The volunteers’ younger perspectives and voices add to the interest and variety of the group and the social de-stigmatisation of dementia.
Newton Ferrers Reading RoomThe restored Reading Room at Newton Ferrers is now home to a popular ongoing community Get Into Reading group. In this small estuarial village, there is no library and a poor bus service so we plan tobuildinterestandconfidencewithlocalpeople,encouragingthemto complete our training course and run the groups on a volunteer basis for community cultural interest, resilience and sustainability.
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These groups are successful in promoting recovery for mental ill health and in creating community and
social connections. They now have a proven track record across the country and I hope, in the future, they will become well established in Plymouth.”
Dr Mary Embleton, Sentinel Mental Health Lead, Plymouth
“The group has challenged the patients’ cognitive and communication skills in a very positive way, it has allowed them to meet new people who themselves have provided support for both patient and carer and they have thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the memory group.”
Jane Sword, Clinical Consultant for Dementia, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
“I haven’t had such an enjoyable two hours for as long as I can remember.”
Cllr Roger Croad, Devon
“It helps me understand my grandma better. I’m not afraid of reading aloud now.”
MOTO volunteer, Exeter Library Memory Group
WHat else?
• A Get Into Reading group taking place at a GP surgery recruited eight people and reported 100% attendance over ten weeks.
• 83% of group members from South West Mind reported that Get Into Reading had provided an opportunity for them to meet people whose personal circumstances were completely different from their own.
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“Reading alone is interesting; reading aloud is investing, in people, trust and friendship.”
Nicholas Lee, librarian
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Old Friends and New
in brief
We’ve worked with a number of new commissioners over the past year, including: Hampshire County Council Education and Learning Service; Midlothian Adult Literacy and Numeracy Initiative; Health and Social Care Services in Northern Ireland; Isle of Wight NHS; South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; and Grimsby Libraries.
It has become increasingly clear that the ongoing success of our courses has led to a solid core of loyal supporters, which in turn has led to a number of re-commissions, some of which are detailed below.
in numbers
26 Read to Lead courses, creating 270 new Shared Reading Facilitators9 A Little, Aloud Workshops, enabling 87 people to use the anthology asaresourceforone-to-onesharedreadingexperiences5 Showcases, introducing 89 new people to The Reader Organisa-tion’s work14 Masterclasses, broadening and deepening the practice of 152 Shared Reading Facilitators1 bespoke consultation event for Lancashire Libraries on establishing shared reading projects for young people2 learningexchangevisitstoLaeseforeiningen,oursisterorganisation in Denmark
Training
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South East Wales Libraries in which two Read to Lead courses, a Showcase, an A Little, Aloud workshop and a Masterclass was com-missioned for library staff in South East Wales library authorities as a result of the commitment of Ann Jones, Libraries, Museum and Arts Manager, Monmouthshire, Gill John, Head of Newport Libraries, and Vivienne Thomas, Outreach and Rural Services Librarian.
Hull NHS in which a Showcase and a Read to Lead course was re-commissionedfor2012,ledbyArtsandHealthOfficer,MelissaBrolls.
Stoke-on-Trent Libraries, in which Principal Librarian Anne Mackey is building on the success of a pilot volunteer project with further Read to Lead training.
Warrington Libraries,ledbyReadforHealthOfficerAnnaWenlock,sought new partners and funding to commission further training.
Tesco commissioned us to deliver a national Community Wellbeing and Reading project. We have engaged with over 150 people on this project so far : training thirty-nine of Tesco’s Community Champions to deliver one-to-one reading sessions and delivering a weekly Get Into Reading group in the Litherland store. We’ve also been able to do community fundraising at one of their stores. The impact of the project on their staff and the wider community has delighted Tesco, who have recently re-commissioned the project for another year.
in tHeir oWn Words
What fascinates and inspires me about my work is that I genuinely never stop learning and never stop wanting to learn – whether that be enriching my knowledge of the kind of literature that I might use in a shared reading session or learning more about how I might best work in a particular setting, be it with under-5s or over-95s.”
Clare Ellis, Project Worker
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Continuing Professional Development
ThisyearhasbeenanexcitingtrialperiodforTheReaderOrganisa-tion’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provision. For the past 12 months, everyone who has completed the Read to Lead has had free access to:
• monthly masterclasses throughout the UK• the online community of the Shared Reading Hub• subscription to The Reader magazine• special discounts at The Reader Organisation’s events
The success of this trial year means that we’re investing further in ongoing learning support, so that we can maintain and develop the practice of the 500 people who have completed Read to Lead and are practicing shared reading throughout the country.
in tHeir oWn Words
It’s a different sort of training programme. Really enjoyable and the ethos is so refreshing. Respect-based
discussionofpoetryorprosewithinagroupcontextisjustsonourishing for everyone that takes part or simply chooses to listen. I have always loved reading and this skill, which I will hone over the years to come, will help me share this love, this escape, this refreshing of the mind, heart and soul, with all those I am fortunate enough to work with.”
Frances Dowds, Project Manager, Libraries Northern Ireland, Health in Mind
“ReadtoLeadhasopenedawholeotherworldformetoexplore.”
Volunteer at Ferries Family Groups, Wirral Trust
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WHat else?
Read to Lead• 100% of trainees would recommend Read to Lead to a
colleague• 98% of trainees agree that they have a practical appreciation of
literature and its social value• 75% of those who completed Read to Lead did not have a
degree in literature• 72% of trainees say that skills gained from the course will have a
positive impact on their work beyond the reading groups
A Little, Aloud Workshop• 100% of participants agreed that shared reading should be an
activity offered to all care home residents• 90% ofparticipantsreportedthattheirconfidencehadgrownas
a result of the workshop
Masterclasses• 98% of Shared Reading Facilitators feel that Masterclasses are an
investment in both personal and professional development• 90% of Shared Reading Facilitators say that regular Masterclasses
are essential to their continuing practice
in tHeir oWn Words
Providing in-house training for our Reader-in-Residencies gives me the chance to build links with professionals and volunteers in our partner organisations, building up my understanding of the issues affecting them in their work, allowing us to tailor our delivery to the reality of mental healthcare settings.”
Mary Weston, The Reader Organisation’s Mental Health Projects Manager
“I’ve never been on a course that was so dedicated and enthusiastic about its purpose – it was the highlight of my week.”
Mental Health Professional, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation
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International Partners
We’ve continued to develop our relationships this year with international partners: Laeseforeiningen, The Reading Society, continues to grow its profileandreachinDenmark; so does the State Library of Victoria’s ‘Book Well’ project in Melbourne, Australia. We’re delighted to be work-ing with them to develop the reach of shared reading across the world.
The Reader magazine
The magazine’s editorial team, headed by Professor Philip Davis, has publishedanotherfourexcellentissuesof The Reader this year, full ofnewfictionandpoetry,essaysonclassicandneglectedworks,interviews, thought-pieces, advice for reading groups and research into reading. Particular highlights were:
• No. 42: an interview with Israeli novelist A.B.Yehoshua and an advanceextractfromBrianPatten’smemoir
• No. 43: Gwyneth Lewis writes as the Poet on her Work and new fictionfromDavidConstantine
• No. 44:fictionfromGabrielJosipoviciandanadvanceextractfrom Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson
• No. 45: Bernard O’Donoghue as the Poet on his Work and an interview with actor David Morrissey
The magazine helps us to spread the message of our Reading Revolu-tion – and puts into practice our commitment to publishing great literature – to hundreds of subscribers from the UK, and further afield:Australia,USA,France,Estonia,Belgium,ThailandandBrazil.Oursubmissionshaveaninternationalflavourtoo,withmanycomingfromthe USA and Canada, as well as from India, Greece, Poland and Lebanon. This year we circulated 4000 issues of The Reader magazine.
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Online
in numbers
3,800: The Reader Online had over 3,800 views in one day in June 2011 when the Huffington Post USA site linked to one of our Fact of the Week posts170,000 views of The Reader Online throughout the year, hitting a record high in Mar 2012 with over 16,000 views that month3,258 Twitter followers at the end of the year446 Facebook likes at the end of the year
features
The Evening Read-In: A Christmas Carol by Dickens (Nov-Dec 2011) and The Metamorphosis by Kafka (Mar-Apr 2012). This wide-scale sharedreadingexperienceutilisedoursocialmediachannelstobringthe shared reading of classic literature online. Sections of a classic story read by one of our staff team were posted on The Reader Online at the same time each week over a series of weeks. Alongside this, an interactive discussion about the story as it unfolded took place through Twitter (hashtag: #eveningreadin).
Recommended Reads: One of the most popular features on the blog, these short reviews are written by our staff and volunteers about a book they think other people should read. It might be something enjoyable, moving, or even challenging. Amongst the varied recom-mendations have been One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, and Ten Sorry Tales by Mick Jackson.
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Our staff have been central to The Reader Organisation’s success over the past year, not just for their dedication and professionalism but for the over-and-above: community fundraising, events for Get Into Reading group members, and so much more.
staff
GET INTO READING
ScotlandPatrick Fisher, Young Person’s Project WorkerGill Stanyard, Project Worker
Northern IrelandDr. Patricia Canning, Project Worker
North EastCharles Darby-Villis, Reader-in-Residence, HMP Low Newton
Wigan and Greater ManchesterRachel Coleman, Project WorkerVal Hannan, Wigan Project ManagerKim Haygarth, Project Worker, Criminal JusticeDamianTaylor, Reader-in-Residence, Greater Manchester West NHS
LiverpoolDavid Cookson, Reader-in-Residence, Liverpool Hope UniversityDr. Clare Ellis, Project WorkerAnna Fleming, Young Person’s Project WorkerEmma Gibbons, Project Worker/Older People’s Project ManagerChristine Harland, Project WorkerBeverley La Roc, Project WorkerEleanor McCann, Reader-in-Residence, Mersey Care NHS TrustEmma McGordon, Project WorkerEleanor Stanton, Project ManagerCharlotte Weber, Reader-in-Residence, Liverpool Hope University
WirralEamee Boden, Get Into Reading ApprenticeAmanda Boston, Project WorkerVictoria Clarke, Project WorkerHazel Davies, Project WorkerLynn Elsdon, Young Person’s Project Worker
Our People
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Marianne Kelly, Project WorkerKate McDonnell, Project ManagerAlexisMcNay,ProjectWorkerRachel Salmon, Project WorkerHelen Wilson, Project Worker
LondonMegg Hewlett, Project WorkerPaul Higgins, Project WorkerPatricia Lawrence, Project WorkerPenny Markell, Project ManagerValerie Nobbs, Project WorkerLois Walters, Project Worker
South WestCaroline Adams, Project WorkerSarah Hopkins, Project ManagerEmily Lezzeri, Project WorkerLiz McGaw, Project WorkerSally Sweeney, Project Worker
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Amanda Brown, North West Coordinator/Criminal Justice Projects ManagerMichelle Barrett, Receptionist Mike Butler, Communications InternLizzie Cain, Communications AssistantChris Catterall, Deputy Director/National Development ManagerKatie Clark, Older People’s Project ManagerSarah Coley, Deputy Editor, The ReaderDr. Jane Davis MBE, DirectorSara Day, Community Administrator ApprenticeCasi Dylan, Training ManagerAaron Eastwood, Communications Intern (PR and Publicity)Natalie Evans, Research Assistant/Project WorkerNiall Gibney, Community Development AssistantZoe Gilling, Business ManagerGeorge Hawkins, Communications Intern (PR and Publicity)Christine Johnson, Volunteer ManagerLeeKeating,ITandOfficeAdministratorMaura Kennedy, Events and Publications ManagerAnthony McCall, AccountantMichael McGrath, Communications Intern (Events and Publications)Anna McCracken, Volunteer ManagerMarian Murray, Apprentice AdministratorEllen Perry, Arts Admin InternSophie Povey, Assistant Development ManagerJessica Reeves, Training Coordinator Susan Rutherford, Business Capacity ManagerSamantha Shipman, Young Person’s Project ManagerClaire Speer, Communications AssistantLisa Spurgin, Online Communications ApprenticeMark Till, Training AdministratorJennifer Tomkins, Communications ManagerHelen Vaughan, Conference AdministratorMary Weston, Mental Health Projects Manager
trustees
Jo Burns, Founder and Senior Associate, BOP Consulting Sue Charteris, Strategic Adviser, Leadership and Public Policy (Chair from Sept 2011)Professor Philip Davis, Director, Centre for Research into Reading, Information and LinguisticSystems(steppeddownSeptember2011,nowex-oficio)Brian Denton, Management AccountantKathy Doran,ChiefExecutive,NHSWirral(appointedSeptember2011)Lindsey Dyer, Director of Service Users and Carers, Mersey NHS Care Trust (Vice Chair),John Flamson, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, University of Liverpool
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Steve Hawkins,ChiefExecutive,LocalSolutionsRosemary Hawley MBE (Chair until September 2011)Lawrence Holden (appointed September 2011)Dr Shyamal Mukherjee MBE, Medical Director, NHS WirralRoger Phillips, Broadcaster, BBC Radio MerseysideDr Gillian Rudd (stepped down April 2011) Susan Rutherford (stepped down February 2012)
patrons
David AlmondA S ByattFrank Cottrell BoyceHoward JacobsonErwin JamesBrian Keenan
funders
We’d like to say thanks to everybody who commissioned our work, men-tioned in the body of this report, and also to those funders mentioned below:
Arts Council of EnglandBig Lottery FundCulture Liverpool FundingDrapers Charitable TrustEsmee Fairbairn FoundationJP Getty Junior Charitable TrustJewish CareJohn Ellerman FoundationLiverpool VisionPaul Hamlyn Foundation
South London & Maudsley Charitable FundsThe Cornwall Charitable TrustThe Headley TrustThe Pilgrims TrustThe Rayne FoundationThe Trusthouse Charitable TrustThe Tudor TrustThe Westminster FoundationUniversity of LiverpoolW G Edwards Charitable Foundation
Anna Lawrence PietroniBlake MorrisonAndrew MotionLemn SissayJeanette Winterson
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Ourtotalincomeincreasedfrom£1,058,462to£1,297,300,a22.6%rise from 2010/11. This increase is due to attracting new commissions, securing a high number of re-commissions, and awards from new and existingcharitablefunders.Thespreadofincomeacrossarangeofsources (see pie chart opposite) is enabling us to grow sustainably.
End of Year Accounts
£
114,908226
943,328
1,058,462
1,028,8654,620
1,033,485
24,977
266,568
291,545
£
27,994289
1,269,017
1,297,300
1,262,1804,800
1,266,980
30,320
291,545
321,865
incoMinG resources
Incoming resources from generated funds: Voluntary income Investment income
Incoming resources from charitable activities
Total incoming resources
resources expenDeD
Charitable expenditure: Charitable activities Governance costs
Total resources expended
net incoMinG resources For the year
Accumulated funds brought forward
accuMulateD FunDs carrieD ForwarD
£
11,250—
1,051,581
1,062,831
1,089,381—
1,089,381
(26,550)
53,100
26,550
£
16,744289
217,436
234,469
172,7994,800
177,599
56,870
238,445
295,315
Statement of Financial Activitiesfor the year ended 31st March 2012 unrest
ricted
2012totalrest
ricted
2011total
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£
8,016
283,529
291,545
238,445
53,100
291,545
£
119,089547,171
666,260
382,731
£
24,770
297,095
321,865
295,315
26,550
321,865
£
267,292585,208
852,500
555,405
Fixed assets Tangible assets
Current assets Debtors Cash at bank
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year Net current assets
Net assets
FunDs
Unrestricted funds General funds
Restricted funds
total FunDs
Balance Sheetat 31st March 2012 2012 2011
2%
41%
44%
11%
1%
1%
Type of Income
Donations
Charitable Grants
Commissions
Training
Publications
Other Income
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independent auditor’s statement to tHe trustees of tHe reader orGanisation Wehaveexaminedthesummarisedfinancialstatementsfortheyearended 31st March 2012 set out on pages 54 and 55.
Respective responsibilities of the trustees and the auditor Thetrusteesareresponsibleforpreparingthesummarisedfinancialstatements in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law and the recommendations of the Charities SORP.
Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consist-encyofthesummarisedfinancialstatementswiththefullannualfinan-cial statements and the Trustees’ Annual Report.
We also read other information contained in the summarised an-nual report and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with thesummarisedfinancialstatements.
We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. OpinionInouropinionthesummarisedfinancialstatementsareconsistentwiththefullannualfinancialstatementsandtheTrustees’AnnualReportofThe Reader Organisation for the year ended 31st March 2012. Mitchell CharlesworthChartered AccountantsStatutory Auditor
These accounts were approved by the trustees and authorised for issue on 27th September 2012 and signed on their behalf by:
Sue CharterisChair
Company Registration Number: 06607389Charity number: 1126806 (Scotland: 043054)
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write to us at: The Friary Centre, Bute Street, Liverpool, L5 3LA call us on: 0151 207 7207 email us: [email protected]:www.thereader.org.uk
