University of Westminster evaluation of Reading Well for young people
Researchers from the University of Westminster have carried out an independent evaluation of the impact of Reading Well for young people, funded by Wellcome. For the study, three sets of the book...
View ArticleA Librarian's Perspective: Why Reading Well Matters
Sorrelle is the Service Development Manager for Coventry Libraries and a member of the Reading Well book selection panel. She’s written about her experiences delivering Reading Well in...
View ArticleReading Well for Chronic Pain
Half of the adults in the UK, around 28 million people, are affected by some type of chronic pain. Defined by the NHS as pain that lasts for more than three months, chronic pain is often a symptom of...
View ArticleOur NEW mental health booklist
Our first Reading Well booklist supporting common mental health conditions was a huge success with libraries and health professionals across the country. Since its launch in 2013, the programme has...
View ArticleLaunch of Reading Well for mental health
Yesterday we launched Reading Well for mental health, our new scheme providing advice, information and support for people living mental health needs and their carers. The booklist covers self-help,...
View ArticleLibraries launch Reading Well for mental health
“The best KPI for measuring Reading Well is messy shelves!” On Tuesday 5 June, we marked the launch of the brand new Reading Well for mental health booklist with an exciting event...
View ArticleTell us what you think about Reading Well
If you’ve read any of the titles on our Reading Well for long term conditions, young people, or dementia we’d love to hear your views. Your feedback is really important so that we can understand how...
View ArticleLaunch of Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia in Wales
A new chapter in the fight against dementia has begun with the launch of Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia in Wales. Since its launch in England in 2013, Reading Well has reached 778,000...
View ArticleSocial prescribing & Reading Well in Shropshire libraries
With the news that the government is to invest £4.5 million in social prescribing programmes across the country, we bring you a Reading Well best practice example from the health and wellbeing team at...
View ArticleLibraries Week 2018: Joseph Coelho explains why libraries matter
To celebrate the start of Libraries Week, we have a very special guest blog from Joseph Coelho. Joseph is an award-winning poet, playwright and author of two picture books. Here he writes on how the...
View ArticleLibraries Week & World Mental Health Day: a roundup
This 8-13 October, libraries across the country held events and activities to celebrate CILIP’s Libraries Week. As it coincided with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, CILIP turned the...
View ArticleHow does Reading Well help people?
Since the launch of the programme in 2013, over 2 million Reading Well titles have been borrowed from public libraries, with 98% of library authorities in England running at least one of the four...
View ArticleMental health bibliotherapy comes home to Wales
In this guest post, Professor Neil Frude, clinical psychologist & founder of the original books on prescription initiative in Wales, tells the story of the inception of Reading Well and our...
View Article“If it helps just one person it will have been worth it”
Image: UEA librarians holding Reading Well titles In support of University Mental Health Day (7 March), we bring you a best practice roundup of Reading Well in UK universities. Reading Well for...
View Article"I wrote this book as an act of friendship and support": author Jane Matthews...
In this guest blog, The Carer’s Handbook author Jane Matthews talks about her journey as a carer and why it was time to write a new edition of her popular Reading Well for long term conditions title....
View Article"The Fresh List" from the University of Exeter
Katerina, Weronika, Issie, Paige, Loïs, Meg, Eloise, Mia, Grace and Krishina from The University of Exeter created a mood boosting booklist for new students. Here, they explain how they did it. For us,...
View ArticleReading Well evaluation 2018/2019
If you’ve read any of the titles on our Reading Well for mental health, long term conditions, young people, or dementia booklists we’d love to hear your views. Click the links below to be taken to...
View ArticleImproving health and digital literacy in East London with Reading Well
On the occasion of Health Information Week 2019, we bring you a best practice example of an NHS library initiative to promote health and digital literacy through Reading Well in Redbridge, East London....
View ArticleMy mental health journey by author Malan Wilkinson
To mark the launch of Reading Well Books on Prescription for mental health in Wales, author and mental health advocate Malan Wilkinson talks about her experience of depression, and how expert endorsed...
View ArticleOur NEW Reading Well for children booklist
Since the launch of Reading Well in 2013, 931,000 readers have borrowed over 2 million of the scheme’s expert endorsed books from libraries. After the success of our booklists for adults and...
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