Ideas and guidance for fun, simple activities that will engage your children at home, while also benefiting their reading, writing and language development.
We offer evidence-based resources, research, training, programmes and National Literacy Trust membership to make your literacy provision highly effective.
We target our work in the communities that need help most, working with local partners to deliver place-based solutions. National Literacy Trust Hubs create long-term change in communities where low levels of literacy are entrenched, intergenerational and seriously impacting on people’s lives.
Parents and the home learning environment have the greatest effect on how a child develops language and literacy skills. Our site Words for Life gives developmental milestones, tips, fun resources and advice to help parents support their children’s literacy development.
We rely on the generous support of individuals, communities and businesses to continue our vital work to transform lives through literacy.
Our policy and campaigning work raises awareness of the importance of literacy to make it a priority for politicians, businesses and parents.
Our research underpins our programmes, campaigns and policy work to improve literacy attitudes, habits and skills across the UK.
We’re supporting the very first Reading Together Day on 16 July, which invites children and families to take part in a celebration of shared reading.
On 5 July, the NHS turns 72! We are supporting Together’s national campaign which encourages families to download and colour one of many thank you card templates provided by top illustrators
Today, we publish new research which shows that more children are listening to audiobooks during lockdown than before and that audiobooks have benefits for children's literacy engagement and mental wellbeing.
