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In partnership with the Bupa Foundation, Cheltenham Festival and Mind, we launch a new creative writing project in the lead up to World Mental Health Day.

We launch new Virtual School Library for primary schools and Words for Life website for parents which aim to improve literacy of children hit hardest by COVID-19.

Our Patron, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, visited Ivydale Primary School in London to open their spectacular new school library and launch our new Virtual School Library.

We joined forces with the Co-op and children’s publishers to launch a children’s magazine promotion to encourage families with young children to chat, play and read together at home

We’re delighted to be working with WHSmith to distribute 10,000 stationery packs bursting with creative writing tools across our Literacy Hubs this summer.

8-year-old Milan from Bolton is starting an epic #FitforLit cycling challenge today around Bolton Wanderers FC’s stadium to raise £1,000 to support our work.

Ade Adepitan, Danielle Brown, Matt Smith, Matt Oldfield, Justin Somper, Tom Palmer, Dave Cousins, Tamsin Cooke and Michaela Morgan front our #FitforLit Challenge fundraiser.

Our new research finds that playing video games can support young people’s literacy, creativity and empathy and has also helped many young people’s mental wellbeing during lockdown.

From today, our friends at Penguin will be raising vital funds to support our work as part of their 85th anniversary celebrations

From today, parents will be able to choose a book or a toy every time they purchase a Happy Meal for their child, in an effort to get more books into families’ homes across the country

The winners of the Telegraph Sports Book Awards have been announced, including Matt Oldfield who won the inaugural Children’s Sports Book of the Year category with his book...

Find out about the reading activities and events we have in store for children and families to enjoy on Reading Together Day – and beyond.

We’ve teamed up with Premier League Primary Stars and author Tom Palmer to bring children a week-long series of football-themed activities, videos and ebooks to inspire them to get...

We launch new research on children’s reading in lockdown with Puffin plus a free guide for parents with children’s own top tips for sustaining a love of reading over the summer.

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...

To support teachers who are preparing summer school provision, we have collected our top literacy resources on one handy page.

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...

This National Writing Day, we’ve published new research on children’s writing before and during lockdown and its link to mental wellbeing.

The winners of the third annual Premier League Writing Stars poetry competition have been announced!