Over 2 million people reached across the UK in 2024-25, including over 1.2 million children and over 800,000 young people and adults
Key Metric 1
14.3 million books, eBooks and audiobooks bought, borrowed and gifted; 113,865 new library members across 3,204 library branches; over 1 million event attendees
Key Metric 2
Partnerships with over 21,400 organisations including public libraries, publishers, universities, schools, prisons, health providers, food banks and community centres; 7,352 volunteers supported programmes
Key Metric 3
Reading Well programme users reported 92% finding their books helpful and 81% saying their book helped them understand more about their health needs — addressing poor mental health in 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children and young people through a low-cost, scalable bibliotherapy model available via public libraries