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Mayor of Wirral visits Coram Beanstalk partner school
In April, the Mayor and Mayoress of Wirral paid a very special visit to one of our partner schools.
Win books for your school library!
Coram Beanstalk, The Alligator’s Mouth Book Shop, The Bright Agency and Gardners are offering schools the opportunity to win a set of the ten books longlisted for The Alligator’s Mouth Award 2026 which champions both authors and illustrators of highly illustrated children’s fiction. Find out how to enter here…
Empathy Lab event for reading helpers
EmpathyLab provided an inspiring talk for our reading helpers last month as part of our on-going volunteer development programme – and it was very well-received!
Reflections on World Book Day
On World Book Day, Head of Coram Beanstalk Amy Lewis reflects on the mission of the World Book Day charity, ‘the reading for fun charity’.
Coram Beanstalk partners with the Society of Authors and announces new ambassador!
Coram Beanstalk has today announced a new ambassador and launched a campaign in partnership with the Society of Authors aimed at supporting 1,000 primary school children to become life-long readers and With the help of the Society of Authors (SoA), Coram Beanstalk hopes to recruit 250 extra volunteers during the National Year of Reading 2026. This will […]
Coram Beanstalk volunteering partnership with Macfarlanes
Coram is chosen as Macfarlane’s Charity of the Year with staff signing up as Coram Beanstalk reading helper volunteers.
Coram Beanstalk schools entertained at BookFest 2025
What a treat for our Coram Beanstalk schools in London just before half-term! Children came along to sessions from Sheena Dempsey and Eve Wersocki-Morris at our annual London Beanstalk Bookfest last week.
Coram Beanstalk’s 3rd annual reading helper conference
Although our schools go back in early September they often prefer our reading helpers to wait a couple of weeks for the children to settle in before starting their one-to-one reading sessions – which is why we choose the first week of September to host our annual reading helper conference. It’s a wonderful opportunity for […]
Coram Beanstalk at 10 Downing Street for the launch of the National Year of Reading
Coram Beanstalk attends the official launch of the National Year of Reading at 10 Downing Street.
Coram Beanstalk launches six weeks of challenges to inspire families to share books over the summer break
Coram Beanstalk has come up with six weeks of challenges to help families to find fun ways of sharing books together as an activity during the long summer break.
Matt Goodfellow inspires children in Coram Beanstalk schools
In our first Coram Beanstalk online Bookfest event, Matt Goodfellow spoke to almost 1300 children across the country about his poetry, The Final Year, The First Year and finding your own space.