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Liverpool City Council

News · 31 March 2021

Liverpool Libraries launch scheme to tackle loneliness

A new scheme is being launched which aims to bring people together, whilst improving mental health through shared reading and friendly chats. Liverpool City Council’s new ‘Reading Friends’ scheme will encourage people to connect – virtually – in group sessions using books, magazines, newspapers and poems. People will not be expected to read anything,  if they