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Read Manchester gifted more than 17,000 books to families across Manchester over the Christmas period, supported by a whopping 156 partner organisations!View details about Festive Gifting Campaign 2023: Results -
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Page to introduce the new campaign messaging for National Literacy Trust Birmingham.View details about “Stories connect us” – a new campaign to get Birmingham teenagers reading -
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Read all about how our Manchester’s One Million Minutes Challenge went!View details about Manchester’s One Million Minutes Challenge – we did it! -
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On Thursday 7 December the National Literacy Trust Black Country and Hillary Primary School in Walsall hosted a celebration event for the year 4 students who have been involved in...View details about National Literacy Trust Black Country and Hillary Primary School put on creative writing workshops to celebrate diversity and heritage -
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On Wednesday (29 November), we welcomed 24 year 4 pupils from West Green Primary School to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for a very special Premier League Magazine Team workshop.View details about Spurs superstar Ben Davies joins us for a special Premier League Magazine Team workshop with BBC Match of the Day magazine -
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Two Blackpool schools were treated to a special visit from the author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, as part of his recent world tour.View details about Bestselling US author, Jeff Kinney comes to Blackpool! -
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The 2023 report on children and young people's listening outlines the first year-on-year findings on attitudes and behaviours around listening to audio and stories as well as...View details about Latest research shows year-on-year listening habits for the first time -
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Pupils from Manchester United Foundation’s partner primary schools celebrated reading and writing with a special event at Old Trafford with Read Manchester.View details about A.M. Dassu launches Kicked Out at Old Trafford with Manchester United Foundation and Read Manchester -
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From mischievous little elves, to big book giveaways, the National Literacy Trust in Doncaster is spreading Christmas cheer across the city.View details about Christmas with the National Literacy Trust in Doncaster -
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In September, Central Library played host to Manchester’s leg of the Black British Book Festival 2023 tour. Now in its third year, the festival stands as one of the largest...View details about Black British Book Festival 2023 -
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On Wednesday 8 November, we welcomed over 100 authors, partner organisations, funders, fellow charities, MPs, peers, and supporters, to Portcullis House in Westminster, to celebrate...View details about How we are helping get a library into every primary -
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On Wednesday 1 November, we celebrated the opening of the first of 25 Coronation primary school libraries, at a special event at Harris Primary Academy Croydon.View details about Celebrating the first of 25 amazing Coronation Libraries -
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News article to celebrate two brilliant Literacy Champions incorporating #Take10toRead campaign into their fabulous swap shop in Nottinghamshire.View details about Little Peas Swap Shop goes big for #Take10toRead -
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Celebrated author and TV medic Dr Ranj met 4 year old pupils Claremont Primary School in Manchester to help them find their superpowers.View details about Dr Ranj to help all 4-year-olds in Manchester find their superpower -
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Connecting Stories is going from strength to strength, and is transforming people’s access to literature and building literacy skills for life in some of England’s most...View details about Our Connecting Stories literacy project is transforming reading and writing in disadvantaged communities -
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Missed the events? Fear not, we’ve uploaded the recordings below for you to use throughout the year, helping your school or home pupils benefit from the #WorldMentalHealthDay...View details about 32,000 children tune into our Take 10 moments featuring Ziggy Hanaor, Ollie Silvester, Susie Dent and Aoife Dooley -
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Today we announce a new charity partnership with family-friendly retailer The WorksView details about New charity partnership between the Works and the National Literacy Trust announced -
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Today we have published new research which shows that over half (56%) of children and young people aged 8 – 18 don’t enjoy reading in their free time.View details about Our latest research reveals that children’s reading enjoyment is at its lowest level in almost two decades -
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Manchester City Council and Read Manchester have just launched a brand-new project to support the transition of children from nursery to reception.View details about Nursery to reception: Transition Read - A Superpower Like Mine -
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June 8 - Empathy Day 2023 – saw 550 excited children from 14 primary schools from across Manchester make their way by tram, coach and on foot to the National Cycling Centre...View details about How to be an Empathy Superhero! -
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Research published today by the National Literacy Trust, in partnership with Estée Lauder Companies UK & Ireland, showed a considerable confidence gap between young men and...View details about New research reveals that young women feel substantially less confident speaking about politics and climate compared with young men
