Shared Reading Volunteers

We are working with Newcastle Hospitals Trust to recruit a brand new cohort of shared reading volunteers. Shared reading is an interactive experience whereby the act of reading a text aloud is shared by a pair or group of people. Books and reading allow us to connect to the world around us, and we want to use interactive reading as a way to foster this connection and increase wellbeing for patients in hospital. 

Selected participants will receive training on the principles of shared reading to prepare them to volunteer in Newcastle Hospitals. Once training is complete, you will be supported to begin volunteering, using a selection of texts to facilitate reading and conversation with patients and staff.

Applications open April 2024.