The Reading Agency

We run creative programmes, which help people feel inspired and confident about reading. Reading can help take you out of unemployment, into education, connect you to your community, raise your spirits and fire your imagination. Because everything changes when we read.

We make a difference by providing:

- Equal life chances - confident and skilled readers have greater aspirations and opportunities
- Better quality of life - reading brings enjoyment and raised well-being
- Cohesive communities - through opportunities to talk about books and reading
- Opportunities for active citizenship - by running events, learning new skills and participating in local communities

Over the next four years we aim to

- Change lives through our reading programmes
- Champion the role of public libraries
- Spread reading through new partnerships and channels
- Lead and develop innovative research on reading