Apply to volunteer Ready to take the first step to becoming a reading helper? Check that you can meet some basic practicalities and fill in our application form here.

We’d particularly love help from anyone in #Wigan #Chesterfield #Doncaster or #EbbwVale
Www.corambeanstalk.org.uk/register-now

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Anyone from #Wigan interested in helping us find volunteers to become reading helpers in local schools - we need at least 10 new volunteers urgently?
Thank you @kayburley.bsky.social @harjeet0121.bsky.social

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Any authors / illustrators based in #Wigan or who grew up there who might be able to help us please? @societyofauthors.bsky.social

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Share your love of reading this year. To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we've teamed up with children's reading charity @corambeanstalk.bsky.social. We want to help them recruit 250 extra volunteers to provide one-to-one reading support in primary schools.

@corambeanstalk.bsky.social, it's a pleasure to support your vital work! 📚👏

Thank you! And we’re so grateful for it 🙏🏼

It's time to Go All In for the National Year of Reading & we were there to officially kick things off
2026 is going to be the greatest celebration of reading the nation has ever seen!
Head over to goallin.org.uk & find out more
#GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearofReading2026

Don’t forget you only have until Sunday night to nominate a primary school to win the ten long listed Alligator’s Mouth
book award books!
Enter here: www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk/News/win-boo...

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It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek!

@coramlifeeducation.bsky.social, @corambeanstalk.bsky.social and @cssf-uk.bsky.social have combined their expertise to design a free mental wellbeing toolkit for primary schools ⭐

Great to chat to Dave Robson on @zetlandfm.bsky.social this morning about our mission to help every child become a reader & our need for more volunteers in #Redcar & #Cleveland
Listen in at 2.20 -2.34 to find out more!

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Some great discussions being had in our workshops…

Key takeaways:

• collaboration
• trust
• generosity

#TheLiteracyLink

A thought-provoking speech by our keynote speaker Chris Wright from charity Catch 22 about "joining forces for the collective good of beneficiaries". 🤝 🙌

"It requires us to leave personal and organisational ego outside the door."

#TheLiteracyLink

Fabulous day at #TheLiteracyLink - the brainchild of three brilliant charity leaders @corambeanstalk.bsky.social @chapterone1.bsky.social @giveabookorg.bsky.social who galvanised 40 more organisations to join together to collaborate, network & inspire children’s reading engagement!

We are delighted that the Julia Rausing Trust have decided to support Coram Beanstalk with a grant of £225,000 over the next three years.
This will ensure we can help even more children to discover reading for pleasure, and build their reading skills, ability, and confidence – thank you!

April 2025 Our #BeanstalkBrilliant Book of the Month for April is the brand new graphic novel for younger readers from our ambassador Liz Pichon, who is also the creator of the Tom Gates series. Read more about ...

If you want to find out more about our Book of the Month, hear from Liz herself, download some activities & find more #BeanstalkBrilliant graphic novels &comic books take a look here: corambeanstalk.org.uk/april-2025 3/3
#WeAreCoramBeanstalk #WeCreateReaders #BeanstalkBrilliantBooks

Graphic novels are quickly becoming one of the most popular types of books which children are choosing to read. With bold and colourful pictures and engaging, funny content, we can see why this style of books is particularly popular for encouraging reading for pleasure 2/3

It's April 1st but we're no April Fools as we've chosen a fantastic #BeanstalkBrilliant Book of the Month!
The fab new fully illustrated graphic novel for younger readers by our ambassador Liz Pichon is described as an 'all-singing, all-dancing book of JOY' & we agree! 1/3

Thank you so much, you are most welcome! 🙏💚📚🤓

So grateful for your continued support! Very much appreciated 🙏🏼

Coram Beanstalk Coram Beanstalk – volunteer as a trained reading helper in a primary school to provide one-to-one literacy support

Simply Textbook has just made a cash donation to @corambeanstalk.bsky.social to further support their amazing work helping children and young people become more confident readers. 🤓📚

To make a donation of your cash or your time, please visit

www.beanstalkcharity.org.uk

We’re looking for volunteers to become reading helpers in a primary school in E20

All we ask for is one afternoon a week of your time to spend sharing books with children in need of some extra support to become confident readers
Pls share 🙏🏼
corambeanstalk.org.uk/register-now

Audiobooks won't help children read better The National Literacy Trust, the very institution that should be protecting our literary heritage, wants us to replace reading with audio.

The important work of Coram Beanstalk is mentioned in this article on @thespectator1828.bsky.social - learn more about becoming a Reading Helper volunteer here: corambeanstalk.org.uk 📖

#Reading #Children #Volunteer #Charity @corambeanstalk.bsky.social

Our Head of Coram Beanstalk, Amy Lewis, has written a blog about how she, and her family, read their own way… 2/2

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#WeAreCoramBeanstalk #WeCreateReaders
#ReadYourWay #WorldBookDay

We’ve been celebrating @WorldBookDayUK’s ‘Read Your Way’
We love the idea of children being encouraged to explore all reading opportunities & it’s what our reading helpers offer - a chance for children to spend time with an adult who can help them find their own reading path 1/2

We are celebrating World Book Day with a Books Together session in Lewisham this afternoon. The sessions, run by @corambeanstalk.bsky.social and @coramfam.bsky.social, support families of 2 to 5-year-olds to enjoy reading together. www.familyandchildcaretrust.org/exciting-story...
#worldbookday2025

Thrilled to see THREE books by brilliant agency authors in this selection. Congrats @moirabutterfield.bsky.social @pippagoodhart.bsky.social @mikebarfield.bsky.social - all experts in making books kids love to read.

Thank you for including Welcome to Our World. This whole selection is perfect. Good work!

What a fantastic selection of children’s books! Thank you so much for including some of mine ❤️ @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social

Love Beanstalk! So happy to see How to Be Extraordinary in this lovely collection of books for children who perhaps don’t think of themselves as readers (yet!). It’s about finding the right book! 📖 #Booksky

Thank you for creating such #BeanstalkBrilliantBooks @harpercollins.bsky.social @nosycrow.bsky.social @quartokids.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @nadiashireen.bsky.social