Tackling loneliness through the proven power of reading

Debbie Hicks introduces The Reading Agency's Reading Friends scheme, which uses reading to tackle loneliness.
Debbie Hicks introduces The Reading Agency's Reading Friends scheme, which uses reading to tackle loneliness.
Craig Tobin writes about a multi-stakeholder partnership providing a cancer advice service to the community in Lanarkshire
Taskforce member Dr Neil Churchill writes about social prescribing and why the NHS is partnering with public libraries
Michael Ellis MP, Libraries minister, introduces Libraries Week and writes about what they mean to him and his ministerial priorities
This is the third blog post from the Making an Impact workshops: Ben Lee shared his work around measuring the impact of rhyme times on maternal mental health
Steve Palmer writes about the new collection in Chelmsley Wood library, created to support the mental health and wellbeing of children in Solihull
The Carnegie Trust’s Rachel Heydecker reports on 4 more of the projects running as part of the Engaging Libraries programme
Alison Catlin writes about a project which used a creative approach to improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and investigate how the arts can be used to explore library spaces in new ways.
The Carnegie Trust’s Rachel Heydecker reports on 3 of the projects running as part of the Engaging Libraries programme
Mark Freeman writes about the 2 new spaces in Stockton's libraries: feeding creativity and developing skills, and stimulating the imagination.