We are absolutely delighted to announce that Helen Denyer has joined the Reading Spots team as our new Head of Partnerships. Helen has extensive experience in education and international development, …read more

This September, the Reading Spots September book drive reached new heights, with nine schools and Book Aid International collaborating to ensure that this time our shipping container currently on its …read more

We are organising another book drive this September to enable us to stock the numerous empty shelves and numerous requests from community leaders and volunteers across our 17 projects in …read more

My trip to Ghana was an inspiring experience; being surrounded by enthusiastic children and passionate teachers reminded me why the Reading Spots initiative was so important. It was almost perfect, …read more

For the first time, Reading Spots brought together 63 delegates from across our 16 projects in Ghana which stretch across 7 regions of the country. Each project brought 2 or …read more

Reading Spots Online Volunteer Roles Reading Spots is expanding! Can you offer us your time and skills remotely? All you will need is a laptop, good wifi, good IT skills, …read more

The photo on the screen above pictures Gloria Addae Serwaa from Abofour in the Ashanti region of Ghana. After finishing Senior High School, Gloria devoted an entire year to voluntarily establishing …read more

We are delighted to announce that we are partnering with Book Aid International in order to increase the level of access that Ghanaians have to high quality books. We will …read more

Our most recent addition to the Reading Spots family, the Tease Community Library (or shared education centre) is now open! The meaning of ‘Tease’ in Twi (the main language in …read more

The evening began with an electrifying performance from Marley Chambers on the drums; Mr Wilson was lost for words after. Preceding the dinner, we had a short talk from Miss Davison during …read more

Another book drive, another day. The February-edition Reading Spots book drive was a roaring success! In total 60 boxes were sent over, roughly equivalent to 5,000 books. We could not …read more

Given the number of enquiries that we have had regarding book donations, and our ever-expanding number of community-led libraries in Ghana, we have decided to hold another book drive from …read more

On Saturday 24th February, we have our third annual fundraising dinner in the Brighton College dining room, with pre-dinner drinks in the Simon Smith Café from 7pm. The cost of the tickets …read more

Reading Spots African Fiction Top 50 As part of our focus on highlighting the need for the provision of African fiction within the Reading Spots libraries, and in Ghana and …read more

Edward has been the librarian in the Akumadan from December 2016-August 2017 when he departed to study Economics at university in Kumasi. I first met him when he was in …read more

On Wednesday morning, 1000s of books were delivered by pupils and parents from across the Brighton College and Brighton College Pre-Prep community, enabling us to fill 60 boxes which are …read more

Two of our libraries are completed, but are yet to contain any books. Therefore, given the success of last year’s book drive, we have decided to once again launch a …read more

For the first time, Reading Spots is bringing pupils together from the UK and across Africa, to discuss key issues relating to international development and social justice. Starting tomorrow, over 70 …read more