Our Pledge Partners represent a growing network of organisations committed to supporting the National Year of Reading. Each pledge helps make reading more accessible and loved across the UK.
722
Pledge Partners
26.6 million
Anticipated reach
29,816
Pledged volunteers
Inspiration & Ideas
What your organisation could pledge
We encourage organisations to be creative with their pledges and use the process to tell us about activity, events, resources, volunteering, co-branding or other things planned to support the National Year of Reading. If you’re looking for extra ideas and inspiration, check out our pledge guidance and scroll through the pledge ideas cards below.
Support reading this year through your existing volunteer programmes or the Go All In volunteers page
Volunteers
Engage in key calendar moments
Support World Book Night, Volunteers’ Week, Summer Reading Challenge or Take 10 to Read
Connect with a local library
Encourage staff to become members, borrow books or audiobooks and check out upcoming events
Start a reading swap shop
Swap magazines, books, comics or recipes
Create an interest led book shelf
With reading materials linked to topics that staff, clients or residents enjoy
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A growing network of
Pledge Partners
We are thrilled to showcase the huge numbers of organisations that have pledged their support towards the National Year of Reading. If your organisation would like to pledge and join this growing list, please complete our pledge form.
4 All Foundation
10ofthose
3P Learning
3rd Alcester Brownies
2 Rivers Children’s Book Festival
2Simple
1st Uttoxeter Scouts
14th Torbay Scout Group
A
Aaahb
Abbirose Adey
ABC Book Club
AberNecessities
Ablaze
Above and Beyond Careers ltd
Accent Housing Limited
Accuracy Matters Limited
Achieve3000/McGraw Hill Education
Action Foundation
ACVO
Adam C Gratton
Afrori Books
Agatha Christie Festival
Age UK North Worcestershire
AJC Tutoring
Alcester Town Council
Alder Hey
Ambition Lawrence Weston
Anchor
Angela Marie James (author)
Anywhere Book Club
Appledore Book Festival
ARCh Assisted Reading for Children Oxfordshire
Artisan Creative
Arts Council for Northern Ireland
Arts Trust Productions
art & talking
Arvon
Aspire Academy Trust
Assisting Berkshire Children to Read
Attachment Research Community
Auris Tech Limited / Fonetti
Austin Macauley Publishers
Aventido
A Write Highland Hoolie
B
Baby Bank Network
Back on Track
Back to Ours Arts Limited
BACP Rochdale
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Bangor University
Bantu Baby
Barnardo's
Barnes Literary Society
Barnsley College
Basically Cheer CIC
Bay Tales
Bears House Nursery
Beaux Books
Bedworth GET Free Bookshop
Belfast Book Club
Belfast Learning City
Better Read Book Fest
Better Together Community Support Group for Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme
B For Butterfly Books
Biddulph Town Council
Big Heart Book Club
Blackburn with Darwen Library Service
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Boldwood Books
Bookbanks
BookBean
bookcareers.com
Book Club Friends
Book Clubs in Schools
BookFest
Book Jotter
Books for Keeps
BooksForTopics
Bookshop.org
Books on the Hill
BookTastic
Booktime by the Hindawi Foundation
Bournville Village Trust
Bradford District Care Foundation Trust
Bradford LA
Branova Labs Limited
Brevity – The Isle of Wight's Literary Handbill
Bridgwater College (part of UCS College Group)
Bright Light Education
Bright Spark Resources
Bristol Museums
British Dyslexia Association
British Educational Research Association (BERA)
Bruford Tutors
Bude Literary Festival
Burnley Together
Burnley Words Festival
Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival
Bus Different
Business in the Community NI
Busy Bees
C
CALFEVENTS CIC
Calibre Audio
Calne Wordfest
Cambridge Literary Festival
Camden Council
Cannington College (part of UCS College Group)
Carleton Book Club
Carlisle Foodbank
Catch Up
Centre for Army Leadership, British Army
Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE)
CENTREPEACE
CFINE
Chapter One
Charco Press
Charities Aid Foundation
Charlottechaoticbooksxo
Chartered College of Teaching
Cheshire College South and West
Chestnut Books
Children Reading for Life
Children's Book Project
Children's Books Belfast
Children's Books Ireland
Chiltern Voice FM
Chiswick Book Festival
Christ Church Literature Society
CILIP
Citizens Advice North Staffordshire
Citizens UK / PACT
City of Edinburgh Council / HMP Edinburgh
City Year UK
Classics for All
Classics for All (Southwest Network)
Clued-Up – Crowborough for Young People
Clyde FC Community Foundation
Community Gateway Association
Community Learning Partnerships
Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network
Conor Busuttil Illustration
Coseley Family Hub
Coventry Cathedral
Coventry University
CovLitFest
Craigmillar Literacy Trust
Cranbrook Literature Festival
Create
Creative Crewe
Creative Lives
Creative Regeneration
Crescent Arts Centre
Crewe Town Council
Croydon Supplementary Education Project
Cuckfield Bookfest
Culture Quests Publishing
Curious Arts
Cute Cubs
CVS Inverclyde
D
DanceWest
Davies
DEAD GOOD CIC
Debutots
Deeplish Community centre Association
Delight
Derby Book Festival
Derby College
Dinnington St John's Town Council
Ditchling Bookshop
Dollywood Foundation UK
Dolphin Computer Access
Doorstep Library
Doorways Derby
Dorman Museum
Dorset Reading Partners
Dry Water Arts
Dudley Children's Book Group
Dundee & Angus College
Durham Cricket Foundation
Dylan Miller – Writer
Dyslexia Scotland
E
Easingwold community care association
East Norfolk Sixth Form College
East Point Pavilion
Eastside Learning
East Staffs Family Hub
East Suffolk Council
Eclipse Books
Eco Edd
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature
Education Authority (Education Library Service)
Education North Tyneside
Eduthing
Eldon Square
Electric Voice Theatre
Emilie Lauren Jones – Poet
Emma Bettridge Projects
Emma Drag
Emmie's Book
EmpathyLab
Equal Arts
Erewash Museum
Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service
Essex Cricket
Essex Library Service
Ethos Family Support Hub
Everton Library Trust Ltd
Everybody Reads
Exceed Reading Stars C.I.C
Exeter City of Literature
Exeter Phoenix
Expect Amazing
F
Family Action
Family Fund
Fareham College
Farshore HarperCollins
Federation of Children's Book Groups
Festival of Brilliant
Fighting Words Northern Ireland
finding good
First Story
Flibbertigibbet Theatre
Floris Books
Flourishing Families Leeds
Flux Rotherham
Flying Start
Foodstock
Forestry England
Foreword Festival UK C.I.C.
Formara Limted
For us too
Four Greens Community Trust
Fox Lane Books
Friends of Carnforth Library Group
Friends of Jesmond Library
Friends of Linthorpe Community Group
Friends of Script Haven
Fringe by the Sea
From Longton and Proud CIC
FSN Charity
Fun Kids
Fun Palaces
FUTURE FANTASY ARTS
Future Youth Zone
G
Gatehouse Books Limited
Gateshead Council
GAVO
Giant Olive Tree Book House
Girlguiding Devon
Girlguiding Swadlincote
Give a Book
Gladstone Terrace
Glasgow Life (Glasgow Libraries)
Golden Egg Academy
Greener Littleover
Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse (Norfolk Museums Service)
Grimm and Co
Guildford Book Festival
Guy Fox History Project Limited
H
Hackney Council
Hackney Libraries
Hannah Welch (children's author)
Happy Reading Children's Bookshop
Harewood House Trust
Hark
Harris Federation
Harrogate International Festivals
Harrow Arts Centre
Hartlepool Sport
Haven Books Group (Badger Learning & Pandora Books)
Headstart Kernow (Cornwall Council)
Heart of Stone Crimewriting Festival
Heaton Wilson Books
Henry Boot
Henry Dancer Days
Her-Place Charitable Trust
Hewson Books Ltd
High Sheriff of Cheshire 2026/27
Historic Royal Palaces (Tower of London)
HMP Guy's Marsh
HMP Hull
HMP Lancaster Farms
HMP Lincoln
HMP Styal
HMP Woodhill
Home ed group
Howzat Cricket Ltd
HTC
Hub on the Green
Huncote Community Library
I
ILT Education
Ingram Content Group
IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society
Ipswich Book Festival
Ipswich Children's Book group
Isle of Wight Council
IW Observer Ltd
J
Jacari
Jacksons Lane Arts Centre
Jericho Writers
Jhalak Foundation
Jigsaw
Joffre White
K
Kennedy Publishing
Kent Libraries Registration and Archives
Keyham Green Places (Community Regeneration Outreach Projects)
Kids Invent Stuff
Kids’ Storyworld
King's Lynn Book Festival
Kirklees & Calderdale Read Easy
KwizEd Ltd
L
Lakes & Dales Coop (Part of Scotmid group)
Lakes International Comic Arts Festival & Foundation
Lancaster City Council
LAStheatre
Lavender Publishing
LB Barking Dagenham
LCC Cultural Services
Learning Ladders Tuition
Ledley Hall Boys and Girls Club Trust Ltd.
Leeds Federated Housing Association
Leek Town Council and Staffs Moorlands District Council
Lemon Jelly Press CIC
Letchworth Heritage Foundation
LEVEL Centre
Lexia UK
Lexo Group Ltd
Libraries Connected
Libraries Connected: London Libraries
Libraries NI
Libraries Rising
Libraries Unlimited
Libraries Unlimited – Okehampton Library
Libraro
Libresoft
Lifelong Learning Centre, The University of Leeds
Liggy Webb
Listening Books
Literacy Counts
Literacy counts
Literacy Pirates
Literacy Volunteers
Literally Shepton
Literary Escape Co
Literature Alliance Scotland
Literature Works
LIT Stars CIC
Little Hibba
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised
Liverpool Learning Partnership
Living Paintings
LNER (London North Eastern Railway)
London LGBTQ+ Community Centre
London Luton Airport
London Museum Docklands
Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire
LoveReading4Kids
LUMI WORLD LTD
M
Magical Childhoods Early Years Consultancy
Mahogony Opera
Make Some Noise
Manchester Literature Festival
Mango And Marmalade Stories Ltd
Manorfield PTFA
Marlborough LitFest
Maximize Education
MBC – Libraries
Merton Libraries
Middlesbrough Central Library
Middlesbrough council
Middlesbrough Libraries
Middlesbrough Town Hall
Midlothian Council
Mighty Readers Ebook Club
Mighty Readers Ebook Club
Mim Therapy
Mind in the City, Hackney & Waltham Forest

Mini Phonics UK
Minority Inclusion Front
Monkton Nature Reserve
Monkton Nature Reserve
Motion Storybooks
Motiv8
Mrs Wordsmith
MR Tutor
M6 Theatre Company
MUDCHUTE ASSOCIATION
MyBB Education CIC
N
Nancy Blackett Trust
National Centre for Writing
NCT
Newcastle City Council
Newcastle Family Hub
Newland Homes Ltd
NewstrAid
New Writing North
Nick Mathison MLA (Alliance)
Nick Owen Publishing
Nick Pavone Creations
NIFCA
NLT
Norfolk County Council
Norfolk Museums Service
Northampton College
North Edinburgh News
North Lincolnshire Children's Literacy Trust
North Lincolnshire Mind
North Taunton Partnership
Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NIFCA)
North Yorkshire Council
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Reading Partnership
Novellic
Nuneaton Town Football Club
O
Oakham Book Swap
OCA
One Education Ltd
Orbit – Community Hubs Team
Orbit Housing
Oriel Square Limited
Ouseburn Farm Charity Limited
OUT OF MANY PEOPLE CIC
OUTSIDE
OUTSIDE Creative People & Places
OverDrive Global Limited
Oxfam Books and Music
P
Pageticker
Pallion Action Group
Paper Tales
Parenting Team – Cornwall Council
Parker Trust
Patient Information Forum (PIF)
Patoss Dyslexia Charity
Pearson
Peeple
Pemberley Natural History Books
PeoplePlus
Peterborough Cultural Alliance
Peters
Petrichor Wool Studio
Philip Astley Centre
Philip Kavvadias (Author/Illustrator)
Philippaslittlebookshop
Plucky Pigeons
Plymouth Albion RFC
Plymouth Literary festival
Plymouth Wellbeing Hub Network
PonyTales – Interactive
Portsmouth Guildhall
Preston Crime Fiction Festival
Promote Your School
Promoting Children in Plymouth
Promoting Our Heritage
Public Health South Tees
Punchdrunk Enrichment
Q
Queen's University Belfast
R
Rath Literary Festival
Reaching People
Read Easy Basingstoke
Read Easy Bath
Read Easy Birmingham SE and Solihull
Read Easy Birmingham South West
Read Easy Bolton and District
Read Easy Bridport
Read Easy Cambridge
Read Easy Central Sussex
Read Easy Cheltenham and Gloucester
Read Easy Chilterns
Read Easy Croydon
Read Easy Derby & District
Read Easy Devon hub
Read Easy Ealing
Read Easy Hackney
Read Easy Haringey
Read Easy Lambeth
Read Easy Leeds
Read Easy Medway
Read Easy Merseyside
Read Easy Mid Warwickshire
Read Easy Newcastle and North Tyneside
Read Easy Norfolk
Read Easy North and West Wiltshire
Read Easy North Somerset
Read Easy Nottingham
Read Easy Peterborough
Read Easy Plymouth
Read Easy Poole and Bournemouth
Read Easy Sheffield
Read Easy Shropshire Hills
Read Easy Southampton & Isle of Wight
Read Easy Southwark
Read Easy South Worcestershire
Read Easy Stevenage and North Herts
Read Easy Stockport
Read Easy Telford and Shropshire East
Read Easy UK
Read Easy Waltham Forest
Read Easy West Berkshire
Read Easy Wolverhampton
Readers Together
Read for Good
Reading Fairy Global
Reading Force
Reading Recovery Europe
Reading 2 Smile
ReadingWise
Read, Play, Create Ltd
Read Revive
Ready Generations Charity
Redruth Town Council
Rias Rascals
Richmondshire Museum
Ringmer Village Library
River Valley Literary Society
Rochdale Borough Council
Rochdale Hornets Foundation
Rochdale LA
Rochdale SACRE
Romsey Womens Institute
Rosscon Training
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)
RWI
Rye Oak & Ann Bernadt SEND Best Start Family Hubs
S
Saints
Salford City Council
Sally Beazley Dyslexia Specialist
Scanning Pens
School Library Association
Schoolreaders
School Walls
Scorpius Books
See It Be It @ Sheffield City Council
Seetec
Seven Stories | The National Centre for Children's Books
Severn Arts
Shadow Road Productions – The Fireside Folktales Fringe
Shannon Trust
Sheels Educational Ltd
Sheffield Hallam University
Sheffield Home of Football
Shelf Rockers LTD
Shine Lincolnshire
Shipston Bookfest
Shoreham Wordfest
Shrewsbury BID
Silent Book Club Stourbridge
Silsden Community Library
Slightly Foxed Ltd
Softwood Books
Somerset Film
Sound AiSleep
South Staffordshire College
Speech & Language Link
Spike's Sight Words
Spitalfields City Farm
Spread a Smile
Sri Jayendra Saraswathy Vidyalaya
Stack Magazines
Staffordshire Libraries and Communities
St Andrews Bookshop
Stanley Arts
Stapleford Granary Arts Centre
St Columba's Church of Scotland
Step into Stories with Bewdley Festival
St James Church Barlborough
Stockport Local Authority
Story Spark
Story Zoo
Strange Futures CIC
Stratford-upon-Avon Foodbank
Strode College (part of UCS College Group)
Stuart Roden
St Vincent's Brixton
Suffolk Mind
Surrey County Council Fostering Service
Surveyors to Education
Sutton Council
Swans Events
Swindon Story Shed
T
Tameside Libraries
Tamil Cultural Society Middlesbrough
Tamworth Family Hub
Taunton College (part of the UCS College Group)
Teacher's Pet Classroom Resources
Teach First
Teachmate
TeachMy
Teach Us Too
Teach Your Monster
TeamADL CIC
Techmahindra
The Abbey Theatre
The Abbotsford Trust
The Art Room
The Bell Foundation
The Bikeability Trust
The Book Bus
The Book Fairies
The Book Stop
The Bright Agency
The British Library
The Brotherhood
The Brunel Centre
The Buddyhood Publishing Ltd
The Careers & Enterprise Company
The Children's Book Project
The Children’s Literacy Charity
The Cinema Museum
The Crescent Arts Centre + Belfast Book Festival
The Day News & Media Ltd
The Dirigible Balloon
The Family Music Hub
The Flitwits Ltd
The FORD Community Centre
The GLADE Centre – for global learning
The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
The Happy Confident Company
The Hub @ Greenford Library
The Ilse Schwepcke Prize
The Literacy Company
The Literature Lass
The Lizard of Was
The London Bookman
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
The Lounges
The Met
The National Archives Education Service
The New Carnival Company CIC
The New Saints FC Foundation Ltd
The Old Department Store
The Open University
The Place
The Poetry Society
The Portico Library
The Postal Museum
The Premier League
The Puppet Company Ltd.
Therapy Dogs Nationwide
The Reader
The Reading Jackdaw
The Rugby Football League
The Scottish Fisheries Museum
The Seagull Theatre
The Secret Book Swap
The Sensory Storyteller CIC
The Stationers' Company
The Story Museum
The Story Sack
The Story Trail / Amaze
The Tim Henman Foundation
The University of Edinburgh
The Very Group
The Village Hub
The Voice Media Group Ltd/ Voice Newspaper
The Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation
The Wollstonecraft Society
Thriving Beyond
Tickhill Community Library
TimeGivers
Torbay Council
Torquay Library, Libraries Unlimited
Trafford Libraries
Travel Through Art Studio
Treehouse Festival
Tyneside and Northumberland Mind
U
UKLA
University of Aberdeen
University of East London
University of Greater Manchester
University of Hull
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
University of Suffolk
University of York
Urban Hybrid Architecture
Usborne
UWE
V
Valence House Museum
Voice 21
Voxblock
W
Wallasey Village Library & Community Centre
Warwick District Council
Warwickshire County Council
Warwickshire Libraries
Warwickshire Lieutenancy
WCC
WEA
We Are F.I.S.H CIC
Weeping Bank
Welfare Call Group Ltd
Welfare Call Group Ltd
West Belfast Partnership Board
West Dumbartonshire Council
Westminster City Council
West Surrey & North East Hampshire Read Easy
West Surrey Partnership
West View Advice & Resource Centre Limited
Whole School SEND
Wigtown Festival Company
Wikimedia UK
Wild Rumpus CIC
Winged Chariot
Winthrop Gardens
Wirral MakeFest C.I.C
Women's Community Matters
Woodbridge Road Academy
Worcestershire County Council
Worcestershire Family Hubs
Wordsworth Grasmere
World Kid Lit CIC
WRD Magazine
Write Back
Wychavon District Council
X
xigxag
Y
Yarnbird Arts CIC
Yellowbird Education
You Are The Star Books
Young Readers Society
Young Writers
Your Trust – Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust
Z
ZTT
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