The National Year of Reading 2026 is a project which the club is supporting. A number of members are involved with reading in schools, with residents at Hoylake Cottage and at Tomorrow’s Women Wirral. Recently a new contact was established with Bedford Drive Primary School in Rock Ferry where the staff are keen to encourage reading both in school and at home. There is a book shed on the playground for the children’s use with a sign ‘the more you read the more you succeed’. Heswall members collected over 80 books and also a bookcase for the school book shed and these were delivered to the school. The donated books will be held in the reception for children to take home and also the book shed in the playground, where children can read quietly.