Hull UK City of Culture 2017

We are grateful for the support of the National Lottery which has enabled us to bring Reading Rooms to Hull during its year as UK City of Culture 2017

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Staff #BLM Book Recommendations

Verbal staff members select their own personal recommendations of BAME authors, and books highlighting Black Lives Matters issues and awareness.
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Third Space Programme
Third Space Continues To Provide Essential Support For Young People During Lockdown

Verbal’s Third Space programme with Extern is one of 11 PEACE IV projects in the country that has been continuing engagement with vulnerable young people during lockdown.
Third Space Gets Creative With Lockdown Challenges

While lockdown has forced the project to find new ways to continue engaging with our young people, the Third Space team has been rising to the challenge to ensure participation continues.

Peace IV - Building positive relations

Peace IV - Building positive relations funds our Listen, share, change project, delivered in partnership with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Peace IV - Children and young people

Peace IV funds The third space, our project with children and young people delivered in partnership with Extern
Belfast Festival of Learning

Belfast Festival of Learning supports the Reading Rooms fair
Arts & Business Northern Ireland

Arts & Business Northern Ireland funds our Stories through time project
The Henry Smith Charity

The Henry Smith Charity supports our Bring down the walls project
The Northern Ireland Creative Employment Programme

We have opportunities for interns to come and work with us and this is supported by the Northern Ireland Creative Employment Programme
Public Health Agency

We have worked with the Public Health Agency to bring Reading Rooms to community groups in Northern Ireland
CLEAR

CLEAR has supported our work in bringing Reading Rooms to isolated, rural communities
The Ireland Funds

We work with funding from The Ireland Funds on a Seldom heard voices project in Antrim
Irish Youth Foundation

We deliver Reading Rooms to Extern Pathways in Belfast with the support of the Irish Youth Foundation

Little Legends now on Facebook

Little Legends is now available every Saturday morning on our Facebook page. Read more

Join Our Army Of Readers

We are looking for volunteers to become our ‘ARMY OF READERS’. Volunteer with us during the Covid-19 Lockdown Read more

WellRead Digital Reading Rooms

How your child can take part in WellRead Digital Reading Rooms Read more