Hear hear. We wholeheartedly support this new campaign from @booktrust.org.uk. Reading matters. Stories matter. Let’s not vacate that space where child and story meet. Read the report below ⤵️ #readingrights #storiesmatter shorturl.at/MKJr3

Can you help us? Do you work in a nursery or preschool? Or are you a parent with a child starting primary school? We’re looking for volunteers to trial our new picture book -Starting School! 🙌 If you're interested, we’d love to hear from you bit.ly/429FyTP

📣Beyond Words CEO Katie, is at The 1st National Down Syndrome Policy Group Summit today!📣 If you are here supporting The National Down Syndrome Policy Group come and say hello 👋 @A&O Shearman @ndspolicygroup #downsyndrome #ndspg #awareness #ndspg

📣 Shout out to all our partners this #WorldDownSyndromeDay! 📣Today, organisations are calling on leaders to make change for greater inclusion. And you can watch LIVE at 2pm GMT! ➡️CLICK HERE TO WATCH the 14th World Down Syndrome Day Conference at the UN HQ webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1l...

😊 International Day of Happiness! 😊 Why not join a Beyond Words Book Club and share some happiness through accessible, word free picture stories. Looking for something new to enjoy or want to support a friend?, being part of a book club will bring extra happiness! Read more here: 👉bit.ly/41O4GhB

👩 Happy International Women's Day 2025! 👩 Equality and Inclusivity is not a want, its a RIGHT - For everyone 💪🏻 Have a great weekend!

📚 Happy World Book Day!! 📚 'Read Your Way' - We all have different abilities, reading is no different. Treat someone to a word- free picture book, or take advantage of our March offer: 👉bit.ly/3XtiwUW #worldbookday2025 #ReadYourWay

🎉6th of March is the first anniversary of Beyond Words Book Club In A Box! 🎉 During March we have two special offers: The Book Club and The Drama Group are FREE to download from our website. Get a FREE paperback copy of The Drama Group, with every purchase of the book Belonging. bit.ly/3XtiwUW

🥞Happy Pancake Day! 🥞 Why not celebrate with a Beyond Words book 'Cooking With Friends' Get your copy here:👉bit.ly/4bqiEdE

· 📚Thank you to Grace, Michael, Leanne, Scott, Simba, Mike, Toni and Helen for Joining Emily today, to help us create a new book about online bullying 💻📱 We hope you enjoyed it!

⚖The M.O.J has released Pt 1 of its Independent Sentencing Review, supporting a shift away from prison sentences to encourage the use of methods to reduce reoffending. We have a range of books that can help support the estimated 30% of offenders who have a learning disability. 📚👉:bit.ly/3CZrYIR

💻 Today is Safer Internet Day 💻 Read more here: 👉 bit.ly/40OKGL2 Beyond Words are busy co-producing a new story, to bring awareness of online bullying, in an accessible way. To learn more about our work, and hear about our new releases, please sign up to our newsletter here: 👉bit.ly/3EwfKI7

🌙🐍 Happy Lunar New Year from Beyond Words! 🐍🌙 2025 is year of the snake! Which animal is your Lunar year?

We are sad to report that Martin Hollins, husband of Founder of Beyond Words, Sheila Hollins, and a founding Trustee of our charity, died peacefully on Sunday 12 January after a long illness. Read more about Martin and his contributions to Beyond Words here: bit.ly/4asMMEW

🎉 Exciting news - our new-look website is now coming online! As we transfer from our old website to our new one, some features may not work properly - bear with us. 🥰

🎉📚 We're up to 82 Book Clubs created since March last year! Can you help us get to 100 before our anniversary on World Book Day? Find out more about creating a Beyond Words Book Club 👉 bit.ly/3vkqjtb

📢 Are you an inspirational storyteller? Do you want to empower people with learning disabilities to live fuller lives? Apply to be our new Communications Manager by midday Monday 20 January 👉 bit.ly/4d4GdsA

❓ Want to keep up-to-date with everything Beyond Words? Sign up to our monthly newsletter 👉 bit.ly/3vIarRl

🏊 Made a New Year's Resolution to make healthier choices this year? Rose Gets in Shape can help show you how to stay on track! Have a look at our word-free picture story about keeping healthy: bit.ly/3BCzGYn

🎉 Help us get 2025 off to a great start by signing up to support us for FREE on #easyfundraising. You can raise donations whenever you shop online with over 8,000 retailers. Your first £5 gets doubled! Sign up today - it will make a BIG difference to us this year: bit.ly/3DVdhqj

❓ Want to know how you can support one of our fabulous Book Clubs? By buying them a Book Token, they'll get £150 worth of new stories for just £65. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/409Gt4b

📖 New Year New Book Club? Find out more about starting a FREE Beyond Words Book Club for people with learning disabilities near you - word-free books provided! 👉 bit.ly/3vkqjtb

🫂 Thank you so much to everyone who took part in our festive balloon race this Christmas! We are delighted to have raised £117. See if you can spot your balloon on the map below 👇

📢 We're hiring! Are you an inspirational storyteller? Do you want to empower people with learning disabilities to live fuller lives? Apply to be our new Communications Manager by midday Monday 20 January 👉 bit.ly/4d4GdsA

🫂 Huge thanks to the Folkestone Book Club and everyone else who has been part of trialling our new story book! We look forward to sharing more about the adventures of Sid in the New Year... 👀

🎈🎄 Have you joined our virtual Christmas balloon race yet? You could win £100 while supporting our charity! The race begins on Christmas day - don't miss it! 👉 bit.ly/4iE3LI3

📚 🎁 This year we've created 77 new Book Clubs. Can you help one this Christmas with a Book Token? Send £150 of books to a Beyond Word Book Club for just £65 👉 bit.ly/3BqUmmn

🎄🌟 Christmas office closure 🌟🎄 Our office will be closed from Saturday 21 December until Tuesday 7 January. Any orders during this time will be fulfilled after we get back Merry Christmas from Beyond Words!

So much interesting and thought-provoking research at Seattle Club. Amazing job by the organisers! 👏🏻 Really enjoyed sharing WIELD 2 research. Our guidance documents and video for supporting use of Getting on with Epilepsy @booksbeyondwords.bsky.social are here www.herts.ac.uk/research/cen...

🫣 We're already nearly at £100 raised! Thank you so much to everyone who has bought a balloon so far. Our favourite balloon name so far is 'Granny Apple' - what would you name your balloon? 🎈

Detailed investigation of how healthcare professionals actually used the book, using conversational analysis. Always wanted this kind of research on @booksbeyondwords.bsky.social We knew people liked them, but not thinking d of detail of the conversations they provoke.

🎄🎁🎅 Give the gift of storytelling to your local Book Club this Christmas! Purchase a Book Token for just £65 and your Book Club can redeem it for £150 worth of books. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3BqUmmn

🎁☃️ Have you had a look at our Christmas shop yet? Help support us this festive season 👇

🎄🎈 The race starts 25 Dec! Race a balloon in a virtual competition with real-world weather while helping our small charity! Just £3 to enter for your chance to win £100 or an Amazon Alexa while supporting our vital charity this Christmas 💖 bit.ly/4gm8oEI

👂 Listen to our CEO Katie talk grief on Surrey Hills Community Radio for the Sunnybank Trust's Sunny Sessions from 10am-11am today, following on from #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek last week. Listen: bit.ly/4g3giDf

👋 We're here! Come and say hello in the Swan Centre in #Leatherhead!

🎄 We'll be at the Swan Centre near our office on Leatherhead High Street tonight for their Christmas Market! Come and say hello to our friendly staff team 😊

Sharing our coproduced, wordless book to facilitate conversations with people with a #LearningDisability about harm from smoking & helping them access nicotine replacement @kssldcop with @booksbeyondwords.bsky.social sharing Joe and Julie Stop Smoking #LDCOP24

🥳 Very excited to be at #ldcop24 at Canterbury Christ Church University with the Kent Surrey Sussex Learning Disability Community of Practice today!

🦋 Welcome to all our new followers! Want to keep up with us on all our social networks? 📍 Bluesky: bit.ly/3Cv9Aa5 📍 Facebook: bit.ly/3Beki4E 📍 Threads: bit.ly/4glXCON 📍 Instagram: bit.ly/4glXCON

🎉 Today at 2pm we're hosting another in-person training session at City Lit college for our Book Club in a Box project! These free sessions with our co-trainers show Beyond Words Book Clubs in action. Visit us and find out more 👉 bit.ly/3wjLCLT

👋 Last chance to save 40% on our life-changing picture stories! Our #BlackFriday sale ends at midnight tonight!

It's #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek, so we wanted to #ShineALight on our picture stories about grief, death, and dying. Talking about grief is hard. Our books use pictures, not words, of people who are grieving, opening up conversations about our feelings.

📢 Reminder: ALL our books are 40% off until midnight on Monday! Our word-free, accessible picture stories make a huge difference to people with learning disabilities, or communications difficulties. 🖼️ #blackfriday bit.ly/3bZ5FWd

🎉 It's #BlackFriday! 🎉 All of our books, book sets, and Christmas gifts are 40% off until midnight 2 December. Don't miss out 👉 bit.ly/3bZ5FWd

📣 It's nearly #BlackFriday! From midnight tonight to midnight on Monday, everything in our bookshop will be 40% off - including our Christmas gifts! Give someone the gift of storytelling this Christmas. 🎄🎁 bit.ly/3zPNKtC

🎄🎁☃️ Our Christmas shop is now open! Support us to keep creating accessible picture stories and Book Clubs for people with learning disabilities with our beautiful hand-drawn Christmas cards and special Christmas book sets. bit.ly/3zPNKtC

📣 Big news - we've created 70 new Book Clubs since March! That means around 700 people with learning disabilities have a new space to have fun, make friends, and tell stories. 🥰 Thank you for all your support. Find out more - bit.ly/3vkqjtb

🎁🎄 We had a fantastic time at the Project Cafe's Christmas market in Fetcham yesterday! Thank you to everyone who came to say hello, entered our competition, or donated! 💝

🎅 Going to be in Fetcham this Sunday? Come say hello at Project Cafe's Christmas market and meet some of the team behind our vital charity 👇