Workplaces
Help your workplace
Go All In
Businesses have an unmatched ability to reach people through staff networks and customer communications.
This means you can help raise awareness, mobilise volunteers, support local communities and unlock opportunities for the National Year of Reading 2026.
You can also choose to deepen your impact by sponsoring the campaign and becoming a Funding Partner.
Why the focus on reading?
Reading is in decline
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Reading is slipping from daily life
Across the UK, fewer people are reading regularly for pleasure. Busy lives, competing demands and the pull of digital entertainment mean reading is becoming less visible and less of a habit. For many adults, reading feels distant, and for many children, it’s never quite taken root.
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But reading leads to better outcomes
Reading strengthens confidence, curiosity and the ability to navigate the world. It also helps people feel more connected to their interests and to one another. When reading becomes part of someone’s life – at any age – it opens up opportunities that last far beyond the page.
We need your support
When businesses lead, people stop and listen
When businesses champion a national campaign, people pay attention. Your endorsement gives the National Year of Reading visibility, credibility and reach that no charity could achieve alone.
And, you don’t need to invent something new. You just need to bring the National Year of Reading into the work you already do, making it a natural extension of how you support your people and your communities.
How you can help
Simple ways to support the National Year of Reading
By supporting the National Year of Reading, you can create a measurable impact and be part of the national narrative to bring reading closer to culture.
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Help spread the message
Use your internal comms, newsletters, staff networks and public channels to help people discover the campaign and understand why it matters.
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Support volunteering
Encourage staff to volunteer through your existing programmes, or promote national volunteering needs across your organisation.
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Register for updates
Stay up to date with news and updates, and make sure you don't miss a thing across the year. Plus, be the first to hear about opportunities to partner and collaborate.
Ideas & inspiration
Ways to bring the National Year of Reading into your workplace
Here are simple, ready-to-use ideas to help you bring the campaign into your workplace, and anywhere else you're able to – so reading can be shared, enjoyed and discovered by as many people as possible.
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Build around key moments
Use national reading dates as prompts. Share events, encourage participation and create simple moments for staff to join in together.
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Share what you read
Encourage staff to swap recommendations – books, audiobooks or podcasts –through book clubs, newsletters or even email signatures.
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Amplify staff networks
Invite staff networks to curate and share reading lists that reflect their communities, interests and lived experiences.
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Create shared book spaces
Set up book swaps, reading corners, or community shelves in offices, receptions or waiting areas – refreshed around key reading moments.
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Partner locally on literacy
Work with local libraries, schools or literacy charities through book donations, fundraising, volunteering or events
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Get involved with libraries
Connect with your local library to support events, volunteering and activities, and encourage staff to take part.
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Use your channels
Share reading messages through staff, customer and supplier communications – the brand toolkit can help spark ideas.
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Shared reading moment
Join ‘Take 10 to Read’ on World Mental Health Day, bringing staff together to pause, read and reset – in person or online.
Pledge your support
Make your commitment to reading clear
When your workplace pledges its support, it sends a powerful message that reading matters, that communities matter, and that your organisation wants to be part of progress in the UK.
By making your pledge public, you also help amplify the movement and encourage others to join.
Follow & share
Flood the feed
with reading
Our official Instagram is where Go All In comes to life.
Follow us, share our posts and use your platform to help reading cut through. Every post, tag and share helps push reading higher in the algorithm, and further into culture.
We also have a suite of social media templates and ready-to-go assets for you to use, or create your own!
Make sure you tag us on Instagram and use the hashtags #GoAllIn2026 and #NationalYearOfReading2026.
2026 highlights
Key reading moments to help your workplace Go All In
These national events make it easy to get involved and ride the wave of increased attention on reading. Plan ahead and get your workplace involved.
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2–8 February
National Storytelling Week
A joyful celebration of the power of sharing stories. This year's theme for schools is 'Soundtrack your Story’
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5 March
World Book Day
The reading for fun charity, World Book Day inspires children everywhere to enjoy the life-changing benefits of reading for fun.
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23 April
World Book Night
On the UNESCO International Day of the Book, a celebration of reading for adults. Pick up one of this year's Quick Reads.
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1–7 June
Volunteers Week
A week-long celebration and recognition of the incredible impact of volunteering in communities, schools and libraries.
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July–September
Summer Reading Challenge
Partnering with Universal Music Group UK, this year's challenge is themed 'Read to the Beat!'
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10 October
Take 10 to Read
On World Mental Health Day, take 10 minutes to read to relax, boost your mood or escape for a moment.
Events Calendar
Plenty of opportunity for your organisation to Go All In
The National Year of Reading is packed with moments workplaces can proactively support. Use the events calendar to see what’s coming, and how your organisation can help.