Research and Development are key activities for The Reader Organisation. They make up a rapidly growing area of work that supports our outreach programmes and helps build a sound basis for our belief that reading can be beneficial for everyone.

One consequence of the success of the outreach work of The Reader Organisation in using serious literature as an intervention in mental health is a growing pressure from public user bodies formally to evaluate the increasing anecdotal evidence of its therapeutic efficacy.

We are currently working with: 2010 Year of Health and Well Being Research Group, University of Liverpool; Liverpool Health Inequalities Research Institute, University of Liverpool/Liverpool PCT; Liverpool PCT; Mental Health Foundation; Mersey Care NHS Trust; National Personality Disorder Team, Department of Health/Home Office; Reading and Health Research Group (Schools of English, Medicine, Health Sciences), University of Liverpool.