Reading Together: Effectiveness of an Enhanced Book-Gifting Intervention

Reading Together is a reading programme that has been co-designed by Queen’s University Belfast and the Rees Centre. It has been designed for children aged 7-9 in foster care and aims to help improve their reading skills.

Pilot phase: Sept 2018 to March 2019.

Main evaluation (Randomised controlled trial): June to December 2019.

See Reading Together project website

EXTERNAL TEAM MEMBERS: Queen’s University Belfast.

• Reports and publications

  Reading Together – Summary for Local Authorities

  Reading Together – Summary for Foster Carers

  The Effectiveness of an Enhanced Book-Gifting Intervention for Improving Reading Outcomes for Children in Care: Final Report. June 2021. Paul Connolly, Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing in Education, Lancaster University; Karen Winter, Jennifer Roberts, Laura Neeson, Sharon Millen, Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation, Queen’s University Belfast; Judy Sebba, Priya Tah, Rees Centre, University of Oxford.