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Gaby Roslin presents our BBC Radio 4 appeal
We are thrilled to announce that our BBC Radio 4 charity appeal is now live, presented by TV and radio favourite Gaby Roslin.
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We join government-led coalition to address early years language gap
We are a founding member of the Department for Education’s new coalition which aims to halve the number of five-year-olds who start school without good early language and communication skills by 2028.
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Hilary Robinson celebrates young readers from St Mary & St Pancras Primary School
Children’s author Hilary Robinson joined pupils from St Mary and St Pancras Primary School yesterday to celebrate the Young Readers Programme.
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Our Charity of the Year partnership with Penguin Random House aims to improve social mobility in the UK
We are thrilled to announce that Penguin Random House has chosen us as its Charity of the Year.
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We partner with easyJet for new summer reading campaign
We’ve teamed up with easyJet to create top tips and creative ideas to help encourage children to practice their literacy skills over the summer holidays.
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Books Unlocked helps prisoners explore a world of reading
We have just published the 2017 evaluation of our Books Unlocked programme, which supports those in prisons and young offender institutions to read for pleasure.
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We celebrate our 25th anniversary and Words for Work programme at our summer party
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 chooses us to partner on philanthropic initiative
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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Only 2% of UK children have the critical literacy skills they need to tell if news is real or fake
Our parliamentary inquiry into fake news and critical literacy has just published its final report.
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World Cup activities launched in response to decline in children’s writing enjoyment
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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Your World Cup kit bag!
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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Oscar's Book Prize reveals 2018 winner
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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Ahoy, matey! Swashbuckling creative writing competition launched for pupils
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 to launch her Free Writing Friday campaign with primary pupils in Surrey
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: Shortlist of best early years picture books unveiled
Oscar’s Book Prize has revealed its shortlist for the best picture book for children under five in 2018.
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In conversation with Dermot O'Leary
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 launch new National Literacy Trust Hub in Nottingham
We are delighted to launch a new National Literacy Trust Hub in Nottingham, in partnership with Nottingham City Council and Small Steps Big Changes.
Top authors support prisoners' reading with Books Unlocked
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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Clare Balding celebrates our 25th birthday in new video
We are thrilled to continue our fantastic 25th anniversary celebrations by launching our brand new video with Clare Balding.
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Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall attends star-studded event to celebrate our 25th anniversary
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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Win amazing prizes in our #Literacy25 auction
2018 is our 25th anniversary and we’re celebrating with our biggest and best literacy auction yet!