Our Charity Partners
At Henley Literary Festival, we believe in the power of words not only to entertain and enlighten, but to heal, connect, and empower.
That’s why we’re proud to partner with two organisations that embody the life-changing impact of storytelling.
The Storytellers Foundation supports some of society’s most vulnerable people when they need it most. Partnering with hospices and charities around the UK, the foundation supports those living with a terminal illness by enabling them to have their memoirs professionally written ensuring they are never forgotten and their legacies live on forever.
Through their work, storytelling becomes a tool for empathy, learning, and personal growth.
InterAct Stroke Support delivers a unique, live reading service to stroke survivors, using professional actors to read on a one-to-one basis at the patient’s bedside.
Operating in 20 hospitals and 35 stroke units nationwide, their interactive sessions stimulate memory, encourage language, and help alleviate the depression often associated with stroke.
Actors from the charity will be reading at the river readings on 23 September. For more information visit interactstrokesupport.org