Meet our London Marathon 2025 runners!

Support our amazing London Marathon 2025 runners

Our dedicated team of 6 runners are pushing themselves to the limit training in preparation for the event on 27 April.

Their passion and determination will not only carry them through 26.2 miles but will also help children and adults with dyslexia in urgent need of support.

Click on their stories below to find out what led them to go the extra mile for Helen Arkell and how you can support them.

Good luck everyone!

Rebecca is running the London Marathon 2025
Susie is running the London Marathon
Matthew is running the London Marathon
Katie is running the London Marathon
Arthur is running the London Marathon
Emily is running the London Marathon
By |2025-04-16T13:32:25+01:00April 16th, 2025|Fundraising news, Homepage featured|0 Comments

Come and see us at the Dyslexia Show 2024!

NEC, Birmingham

Friday 15 March to Saturday 16 March

Once again, we are delighted that the Helen Arkell team will be there at this national exhibition dedicated entirely to dyslexia.

The Dyslexia Show is open to all and focuses on awareness and understanding of dyslexia in education, parenting and the workplace.

The line-up

CEO Andy Cook will be a panellist in the Keynote Theatre at 10:15 on Friday alongside friends and colleagues from Patoss, British Dyslexia Association and Nasen. Book here.

Claire Harvey, Head of Education here at Helen Arkell, will be speaking at 11 on Friday, giving a talk entitled: Gaining reading accuracy and fluency: Why is it so tricky and what can we do to help? Book here.

Rachael McMullen, our Head of Dyslexia Support, and Thea Andrews, our Shop Assistant and Administrator, will be on our stand – Stand C302 – and looking forward to meeting people.

Do pop and see us if you are coming along!

For more details and to book your place, see the Dyslexia Show website.

By |2024-07-23T16:35:13+01:00March 4th, 2024|Homepage featured|0 Comments

Research into role of emojis in reading comprehension

Lorena is an MSc student at Regent’s University, London. She is undertaking a study exploring the role of emojis and emoticons in reading comprehension of participants with and without dyslexia. If you are over 18 years old and have 15 minutes free, please consider participating in her research by following this link: https://regents.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eEUeoVgXPzVexnw

Thank you!

By |2024-07-23T16:45:41+01:00May 26th, 2023|Homepage featured|0 Comments

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