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Ahead of the start of the school summer holidays, Coram Beanstalk has today published tips for parents to help children choose reading throughout the summer and beyond. The campaign is supported by parenting expert and coach Sue Atkins, who also volunteers as a Coram Beanstalk reading helper. Read more here... Read more
Long-standing Coram Beanstalk reading helper, Anne Salmon has been named as Volunteer of the Year in the Kent Teacher Awards 2024, organised by Social Enterprise Kent. Anne who has volunteered with us for 10 years was presented with the Maidstone District Volunteer of the Year 2024 award at a glittering ceremony at Ashford International Hotel. Read more
A group of Medway artists unveiled a collaborative artwork at Chatham Library this week and are donating profits from sales of prints and bookmarks to Coram Beanstalk. Read more here... Read more
Coram Beanstalk was thrilled to be invited to the premiere of the new animated film of Michael Morpurgo's 'Kensuke's Kingdom' last weekend. Read more here... Read more
Last weekend, some of our reading helper volunteers were fortunate to attend the Queen's Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace, as guests of our Patron, Her Majesty, Queen Camilla. Read more here... Read more
Having delivered over 40 of our Reading Leaders courses in secondary schools across the country since September, we're delighted to be receiving so much positive feedback and have even appeared in a recent Ofsted report. Read more here... Read more
Coram Beanstalk is helping to develop and deliver a new Books Together programme to support parents of young children to read together regularly and encourage them to embed storytelling into their routine, through a series of informative and interactive sessions within Coram Family and Childcare's Parent Champions programme. Read more
Coram has teamed up with bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Rob Biddulph to launch a ‘Reveal Your Character’ competition for children, celebrating the charity’s new partnership with ITV’s The Masked Singer. Enter before 7 February 2024. Read more
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A book-themed quiz from Literary Laughs took place in South London last night and almost £1000 was raised for Coram Beanstalk. Read more.... Read more