Leicester Readathon 2025

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Leicester Readathon (Monday 29th September to Sunday 5th October 2025)!

Whatever it Takes organised the Leicester Readathon as a great way to create a buzz around reading at the start of a new academic year, with the aim of reaching 1,000,000 minutes of reading across Leicester! The Leicester Readathon was in conjunction with Read for Good charity (fundraising was optional) and coincided with National Poetry Day.

We are busy counting all the minutes of reading that took place! Schools have until Friday 10th October to submit minutes. We'll announce the total minutes of reading read w/c 13th October!

Please contact hayley.carter@sdsa.net with any questions.