Who we work with

When we work in partnership with others we can have a far greater impact. Find out more about some of our major partnerships and campaigns below.

QA, the UK's leading business IT and training company, has chosen Coram Beanstalk as their charity partner of the year for 2019. This exciting partnership will see QA employees both volunteering their time and fundraising to support children with their reading skills.

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McCarthy & Stone, the UK's leading retirement house builder, has chosen Coram Beanstalk as its 2019 charity partnership enabling the two organisations to work together to support more children with their reading whilst embracing inter-generational volunteering.

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DHL UK Foundation began its partnership with Coram Beanstalk in 2019. In addition to a generous grant which will support Coram Beanstalk in its mission to reach 20,000 children by 2021, DHL UK Foundation will be encouraging DHL employees to get involved with volunteering as reading helpers in their local communities.

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In January 2017 the Players of the People's Postcode Lottery Dream Fund chose Coram Beanstalk and our partners Dolly Parton's Imagination Library and the ESRC International Centre for Language and Communication Development (LuCiD) to receive £1 million to launch Story Starters, a new early years programme to support disadvantaged children aged 3 to 5 years old to be reading ready by the time they reach primary school.

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Read On. Get On. brings together charities, literacy organisations and individuals to work towards the bold aim of getting all of our children reading well by the age of 11, by 2025.

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Coram Beanstalk was a member of the European Literacy Policy Network (ELINET), which consisted of 80 partner organisations from 28 countries from across Europe, gathering and analysing policy information, sharing good practices and raising awareness of literacy issues.

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Coram Beanstalk is a member of the National Literacy Forum, which brings together organisations to inform national literacy policy, create opportunities for collaborative working and influence policy through collective expertise.

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In 2011 Coram Beanstalk launched the award-winning ‘Get London Reading’ campaign with the London Evening Standard. The campaign raised over £1 million (including £500,000 from the Mayor’s Fund for London) and has helped over 2,300 children in 300 schools.

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Latest

Kiln Elders for Gladstone Park Primary

The Elders of Kiln Theatre are raising money to ensure the continuation of Coram Beanstalk's reading helper support at Gladstone Park Primary School.
Creating Readers (6-8 yrs) - Brighton

Creating Readers (6-8 yrs) inspires you to bring the joy of reading to children aged 6 to 8 years old by focusing on meaning and enjoyment. In this training we cover how to read aloud effectively, to have fun with books, to support a child as they read to you and to check and deepen understanding of text and story.
Creating Readers (3-5 yrs) - Brighton

Creating Readers (3-5 yrs) equips you with the practical skills to help young children aged 3 to 5 years old to become readers, fully involving them in the reading experience before they can read words themselves. You will learn how to use the techniques that have been proven to have the biggest impact on helping children be ready to learn to read when they begin their primary education.
Creating Readers (3-5 yrs) - Newcastle

Creating Readers (3-5 yrs) equips you with the practical skills to help young children aged 3 to 5 years old to become readers, fully involving them in the reading experience before they can read words themselves. You will learn how to use the techniques that have been proven to have the biggest impact on helping children be ready to learn to read when they begin their primary education.