Boost: emotional wellbeing Build: connections/self-esteem Balance: mental health Read more
We are proud to introduce a brand new scientific, bibliotherapy-based magazine, The Mental Lens, from Verbal. Read more
Verbal staff members select their own personal recommendations of BAME authors, and books highlighting Black Lives Matters issues and awareness. Read more
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. Read more
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Our psychology manager chats to BBC Radio Foyle about our WellRead digital programme Read more
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. Read more
How your child can take part in WellRead Digital Reading Rooms Read more
Verbal staff member Colin Dardis picks his highlights of poetry collections from recent years, by writers from the North of Ireland. Read more
We are looking for volunteers to become our ‘ARMY OF READERS’. Volunteer with us during the Covid-19 Lockdown Read more
The prose of the week from our HUMAN archive is an issue from May - October 1976. Read more
The poem of the week from our HUMAN archive is by Carol Rumens Read more
Our selected prose is an interview with Sinead Morrissey Read more
Selected poem by Stephanie Conn Read more
Weekly behind-the-scenes insights from the WellRead Psychology Team Read more
Temporary Closure Read more
This week saw the start of our inter generational programme. Read more
WellRead is a chatbot based website designed to help you build your child's emotional wellbeing through conversation and storytelling. Read more
We're excited to welcome Alex Keller, our new intern from the US-based HECUA study abroad programme. Read more
The first HU issue of 2020 is now available online. Read more
We have been approaching the end of our first Verbal Psychology Internship programme this month. Read more
Derry City and Strabane District Council are starting their 3-5 year journey to become a Unicef Child Friendly Community. Read more
A Magazine of Revolution? seeks to create a conversation about what it is like to found, edit and publish a literary magazine in a divided society. Read more
Listen Share Change celebrated Good Relations Week with its groups and volunteers in Limavady and Ballymoney this week. Read more