The Reader at Calderstones

The Reader at Calderstones Our headquarters, The Reader at Calderstones, is a community that has literature, art, heritage, wellbeing activities, food and fun at its heart.

It’s a place where everyone can come to find something real to take home at the end of the day. In 2014, The Reader signed a 125 year lease with Liverpool City Council with a view to developing the International Centre for Shared Reading in the historic Mansion House at Calderstones Park and establishing our Reader HQ and social enterprises in the old Coach House and Courtyard buildings. The build

ing will become a hub of Shared Reading and well-being in the beautiful, peaceful environment of Calderstones Park – a destination which will welcome visitors for the local community, the wider city of Liverpool, the UK and beyond. With new businesses, an expanded café and the restoration of the Neolithic Calder Stones from which the park takes it's name, The Reader are building a community which will provide opportunities for people to reach their full potential through employment, volunteering and training opportunities.

We’re no longer using this account, but you can keep up to date with our events at Calderstones and our work as the UK’s...
31/01/2025

We’re no longer using this account, but you can keep up to date with our events at Calderstones and our work as the UK’s biggest Shared Reading charity by following The Reader

How about getting Married at the Mansion?We're calling all nearly weds to join us on Sunday 9 February to see our beaut...
22/01/2025

How about getting Married at the Mansion?

We're calling all nearly weds to join us on Sunday 9 February to see our beautiful spaces, discover hand-picked suppliers, and meet our dedicated events team.

Reserve your free space: https://ow.ly/aFcn50UIre9

Our Winter workshops and gardening courses are selling fast!Friday 7 February: Nature & Art with Anna Gaston Art 10 week...
18/01/2025

Our Winter workshops and gardening courses are selling fast!

Friday 7 February: Nature & Art with Anna Gaston Art
10 week course from 27 February: Design Essentials with Estuary Botanics

No experience needed! Book tickets: https://ow.ly/rM4N50UInua

Shared Reading groups happen in all sorts of places including libraries, care homes, cafés, hospitals and prisons.This m...
17/01/2025

Shared Reading groups happen in all sorts of places including libraries, care homes, cafés, hospitals and prisons.

This month, we're reflecting on the positive impact of Shared Reading on mental health and wellbeing. Reviewing survey responses from mental health open community groups, we believe that Shared Reading is needed now more than ever to connect individuals, help us feel better and to rebuild lost social bonds.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/y66f50UInCu

This spring, we're throwing our first ever World Book Day Ball, bringing back Easter Family Tea Parties by popular deman...
16/01/2025

This spring, we're throwing our first ever World Book Day Ball, bringing back Easter Family Tea Parties by popular demand, revisiting the iconic tales of Mog the cat and announcing TWO more of our much-loved Holiday Clubs!

Book tickets: https://ow.ly/p02p50UHAGM

These lighter nights creeping in have us excited for the coming of Spring! We've got a jam packed programme coming up to...
16/01/2025

These lighter nights creeping in have us excited for the coming of Spring! We've got a jam packed programme coming up to match the season of new beginnings including:

Jane Austen Day 📖
Easter Family Tea Parties 🐰
Our first St Patrick's Day Cèilidh 🇮🇪
Wellbeing Workshops ✨
The Reader Social 🎤
Mother's Day Roast 🍽️
Gardening workshops and courses 🌳

Book: https://ow.ly/CFUe50UHzaO

The Reader Bookshelf is a carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children. This year’s theme ‘Wonder’...
14/01/2025

The Reader Bookshelf is a carefully curated collection of literature for adults and children. This year’s theme ‘Wonder’ is about being bold, being curious and being open. Staff and volunteers around the country have selected 12 titles for adults which explore what 'Wonder' means to them.

We're delving into The Reader Bookshelf this month with a review of The Fat Lady Sings by by Jacqueline Roy from our Director of Literature, Katie Clark.

Next month, we're welcoming Jacqueline Roy herself to discuss the book and talk her latest novel In Memory of Us.

Read the review and book tickets: https://ow.ly/1Ngb50UCx3w

Calling all new parents: What better way to start 2025 than doing something for you? Every Wednesday 10am-11.30am in the...
13/01/2025

Calling all new parents: What better way to start 2025 than doing something for you?

Every Wednesday 10am-11.30am in the Old Café room, we'll create a relaxed space to spend some time reading grown-up stuff, with a little one in tow.

We'll choose the book or poem and read aloud above the noise and through the feeds. We are on the ground floor and there is space for prams, and baby changing facilities are close by.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/lztl50UCyWe

Our home in Calderstones Park is a thriving community celebrating creativity, books and nature, and tickets are selling ...
10/01/2025

Our home in Calderstones Park is a thriving community celebrating creativity, books and nature, and tickets are selling fast for our literary line up events that start off 2025.

Wellbeing Workshops: afternoons of inspiration and light ✨
Beloved Deep Read: a six week course to explore Toni Morrison’s prolific novel 🌳
An author talk with the fantastic Jacqueline Roy to talk her latest book 🖋️

Book tickets: https://ow.ly/IkzN50UCtLL

09/01/2025

Thank you to everyone who has helped us raise £9, 133 this Christmas. We're so close to our goal of £10,000 to reach even more people like Barbara living with dementia.

Your donation will be used to recruit, train and support volunteers, work in partnership with other services to expand our reach and provide Shared Reading resources.

Find out more and donate: https://ow.ly/jToE50UCsZm

07/01/2025

Our home in Calderstones Park looks particularly stunning this time of year and we've got so much to look forward to over the next few months. Join us this Winter for:

🥣Burns Night Celebrations
✨Wellbeing workshops
🎭Theatre
📖Shared Reading
🧸A hundred acre’s worth of family fun

Book tickets: https://ow.ly/aZI050UB0qn

Burns Night is just around the corner and we're hosting two fantastic celebrations in the name of Scotland's national po...
04/01/2025

Burns Night is just around the corner and we're hosting two fantastic celebrations in the name of Scotland's national poet!

Join us on Friday 24 January for a Burns Night Dinner, an atmospheric evening of hearty food and traditional poetry 🍽️

Put on your dancing shoes and welcome back The Saltcutters for a Burns Night Cèilidh on Saturday 25 January 👯

Book now and start your 2025 with a bang: https://ow.ly/FTPl50UxQmX

Address

The Reader, Mansion House, Calderstones Park
Liverpool
L183JB

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Saturday 8:30am - 6pm
Sunday 8:30am - 6pm

Telephone

+441517292200

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