Promote reading in your workplace
Reading for just 10 minutes during your break can help you feel calmer and provide a welcome escape from the stresses of your working day.
Read Manchester counts on the support of local businesses to help improve literacy levels in the city.
Help us by promoting reading in your workplace, volunteering your time or donating to our mission.
Almost half of the wards in Manchester fall in the top 10% of areas for literacy need in the whole country.
In 2018, 28% of students in Manchester did not reach the expected standard in reading when they left primary school.
Just 39% of children and young people in Manchester read outside class every day and a third (33%) only read when they have to.
Reading for just 10 minutes during your break can help you feel calmer and provide a welcome escape from the stresses of your working day.