Keep up to date with the latest literacy news.
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This week we were joined by authors, teachers, partners and supporters of our work for our annual summer party, kindly hosted by Hachette UK.
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News UK has chosen the National Literacy Trust as one of four charities to benefit from its annual News Corp Giving fund.
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Our parliamentary inquiry into fake news and critical literacy has just published its final report.
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Children and young people’s enjoyment of writing and how often they write in their spare time is in decline, according to a new report we have published today.
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With the World Cup around the corner, we’ve created a kit bag full of football-themed activities and resources to inspire children’s reading and writing.
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John Dougherty and Laura Hughes have been announced as winner of Oscar’s Book Prize 2018 for There’s A Pig Up My Nose.
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We have teamed up with the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) to launch our Copyright Knights and Plagiarism Pirates creative writing competition for pupils in Key Stages 1-3.
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We joined Cressida Cowell today as she visited a group of very excited pupils in Surrey to launch her brand new Free Writing Friday campaign to encourage children to write for pleasure.
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Oscar’s Book Prize has revealed its shortlist for the best picture book for children under five in 2018.
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The first episode of our new podcast, launched to celebrate our 25th anniversary, features Dermot O’Leary, broadcaster and author of Toto the Ninja Cat and the Great Snake Escape.
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We are delighted to launch a new National Literacy Trust Hub in Nottingham, in partnership with Nottingham City Council and Small Steps Big Changes.
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Our Books Unlocked programme is being supported by several high-profile authors who have been making prison visits and taking part in National Prison Radio interviews.
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We are thrilled to continue our fantastic 25th anniversary celebrations by launching our brand new video with Clare Balding.
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Last night, we were delighted to be joined by our Patron, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall to celebrate our 25th anniversary in style at our annual gala dinner and auction in London.
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2018 is our 25th anniversary and we’re celebrating with our biggest and best literacy auction yet!
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The BBC has just announced that its education strategy will focus on improving social mobility across the UK, and that they will be working closely with us to achieve this goal.
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We have just secured £99,000 of funding from Try for Change, a joint initiative from England Rugby and Sport Relief, to deliver a new rugby-focused project, Rugby Reading Champions.
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We are marking World Book Day this year with lots of activity in schools and communities through our programmes, Hubs and corporate partners.
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We’re offering 25% off our popular reading intervention Skills Academy to celebrate our 25th anniversary.
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One of the country’s leading educational suppliers, BookLife, has set up a new scheme to support school libraries and help primary schools improve their literacy skills.
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Our new research finds that children born into communities with the most serious literacy challenges have some of the lowest life expectancies in England.