Get Into Reading aims to engage people through literature to improve wellbeing, build community and extend reading pleasure through shared reading. Get Into Reading groups can be delivered at any time and on any day. Groups meet weekly in venues such as community centres, hospitals, rehab centres, prisons, libraries, arts centres and schools, and have transformed the lives of many people - young and old alike.
READING GROUPS WITH A DIFFERENCE
Uniquely, short stories, novels and poetry are read aloud by trained facilitators, with members joining in as they wish. Engagement with the text is immediate - and enriched by the spontaneous sharing of life stories and experiences of group members as confidence builds over time.
'It's improved my happiness levels.' GIR Member, Birkenhead (Wirral)
WHY IT WORKS
Through the reading of literature and the sharing of experiences Get Into Reading members report improved concentration and wellbeing, greater personal confidence, and a growing sense of community. The groups promote meaningful activity and in the short and long-term, prompt authentic engagement and provide positive cultural experience.
'it's like massage for the mind,' Carer, Burnley Central Library
'In the reading group, you forget about your pain, you forget about your worries and, well, it's just wonderful'. GIR member, Birkenhead (Wirral)
'My life's become so full - I have GIR to thank for it.' GIR member, Wallasey (Wirral)
"The Reader Organisation's intervention is distinguished from other reading therapies in emphasising the importance of serious, 'classic' literature and its role in mediating experience and offering a model of human thinking and feeling." (Blake Morrison, the Guardian, 5th January 2008)