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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 -
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As part of a monthly spotlight on our volunteers in the North East, we speak to Ellie McCann, who became a Literacy Champion last year. Ellie speaks about what inspired her to sign...View details about In conversation with North East Literacy Champion, Ellie -
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Shakespeare & Me attendees visit RSC to celebrate finishing course.View details about Shakespeare & Me attendees celebrate finishing course with trip to Stratford-Upon-Avon and the RSC -
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Birmingham Stories hosts three engaging Literacy Takeovers throughout July at local community youth centres.View details about Hundreds of young people flock to Birmingham’s youth centres to attend Literacy Takeovers -
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Seventeen primary schools in the London Borough of Southwark have opened improved school libraries and enhanced reading spaces as part of the Chase Rewarding Futures school...View details about Over 4,500 children at South London schools benefit from transformed libraries and hundreds of books -
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For 30 years, we have been supporting the professional development of leaders in schools to use reading and writing for pleasure and literacy as a vital tool for social mobility....View details about Our response to 2023 KS2 SATs results and what we can be doing -
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The winners of the 2024 Wicked Writers: Be The Change writing competition have been announced. Discover more about the winners and the collaboration between the National Literacy...View details about Wicked Writers: Be the Change 2024 winners announced -
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To celebrate the Bradford Literature Festival, Literacy Champions worked together to utilise the Bradford Stories Bus as a venue with 10 amazing days of programmed activity for the...View details about Bradford Literature Festival: The Bradford Stories Bus Literacy Champions takeover -
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100 pupils from nine different primary schools across Middlesbrough took part in the annual Our Stories Poetry Slam at Middlesbrough Town Hall's Crypt, with two groups crowned...View details about Middlesbrough pupils crowned winners of 2023 Our Stories Poetry Slam -
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After careful consideration, the winners of our third annual We Wonder STEM Reading Challenge have been announced.View details about We announce the winners of our We Wonder: Power of Nature Reading Challenge! -
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Sixteen primary schools in Edinburgh have opened their new school libraries and enhanced reading spaces as part of the Chase Rewarding Futures school libraries programme. The...View details about Over 5,000 Edinburgh school children enjoying new library spaces as part of Chase Rewarding Futures -
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We are delighted to announce our partnership with publishing house Bloomsbury for a new reading programme designed to get more children reading for pleasure. Children and teachers...View details about Hastings and Bloomsbury in partnership for new schools reading programme -
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We are delighted to announce the expansion of the Little Big Book Club initiative, in partnership with HarperCollins, to 17 National Literacy Trust areas across England, Scotland...View details about We’re expanding our Little Big Book Club with HarperCollins -
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Almost 500 parents and their children recently joined beloved children’s picture book character Spot and the National Literacy Trust on a road show of children’s centres in Rochdale.View details about Spot on tour in Rochdale bringing storytelling to local families -
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This Volunteers Week we are celebrating our amazing Literacy Champions who are making a massive difference to improving literacy levels in their community.View details about Meet the Literacy Champion volunteers who are changing lives throughout the West Midlands -
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On Tuesday (6 June), 22 teams of keen young readers joined us at Goldsmiths Hall in London for 8 exciting rounds of fiction quizzing, plus an author Q&A panel with high-profile...View details about We celebrate star readers from across the UK in the Grand Final of the National Reading Champions Quiz! -
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A local nine year old has won our Stoke Reads city-wide creative writing competition. Based on the theme of journeys through Stoke, the competition encouraged 7-11 year olds to...View details about Nine year old wins creative writing competition created by local youth volunteers