Picture from The Book Club illustrated by Beth AultonWe empower people
through pictures
Our charity co-creates word-free picture stories for people with learning disabilities.
Picture stories are accessible to everyone, whether or not you can read words. Every story we write is co-created with people with lived experience and trialled by people with learning disabilities.
Latest news
Beyond Words Book Club Awards
We’ve had an exciting delivery in the Beyond Words office!
Winners will be announced on World Book Day.
Valentines’ Special
To celebrate valentines day on February 14th we have a special offer on some of our relationship stories Falling In Love and Loving Each Other Safely.
Guest Blog: Polly’s Picture Stories
We’ve had some fantastic feedback from one of our Book Clubs in West Sussex that we wanted to share with you.
Thanks to your support…
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84 new Book Clubs
created since March 2024
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47 people
trained on how to run Book Clubs this academic year
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2 new books
Joe and Julie Stop Smoking and Getting Help with Gas released in 2024
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94% of children
in our Open Book study reported improved emotional wellbeing
Your support changes lives
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Julie's story
Julie is the co-author of The Book Club and helps to run her very own Book Club in Kent.
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Wayne's story
Wayne used his own job to inspire him to co-author A Good Day’s Work.
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Nigel's story
Nigel is the co-founder of Beyond Words - and wrote a book with Hugh Grant!
We make stories for everyone
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