Research and impact
BookTrust’s work is driven by evidence. Our research gives us unique insights into the lives of the families we work with and what works to build the reading habits that bring immediate and lifelong benefits to the children who need it most.
Research, innovation and impact
Use the links below to explore the research, innovation and evaluation activities that inform our research-based behaviour change programmes.
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Explore research and reports across early years, primary, secondary and wider reading for pleasure. Find out what impact our programmes have on children and families.
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Read our impact report and find out how we are working in every community in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to get families reading.
The benefits of reading
From babies to children in their early years and all the way through to early teens, reading brings profound and wide-ranging benefits that can have a lifelong positive impact on children’s lives.
Read the summaryOur theory of change
Our theory of change explains how our support and resources are delivered through our extensive network of partners to get children and families reading. Bringing the immediate and lifelong benefits of reading to the children who need them most.
Explore our research
Browse through our research resources to read and download BookTrust findings.
How we use research in our work
In this article – published in Impact Magazine by the Market Research Society – BookTrust’s Director of Research and Impact Ruthann Hughes explains how research informs everything that BookTrust does.
Reading Together
Reading Together, Changing Children’s Lives is based on decades of experience of working with millions of families and thousands of local partners, including health visitors, nurseries, schools, libraries and food banks.
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