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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 School Libraries Programme.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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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 School Libraries Programme. The initiative aims to...View details about Over 5,000 Edinburgh school children enjoying new library spaces as part of the Chase School Libraries Programme -
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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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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 -
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In celebration of Volunteers’ Week 2023, we would like to say a huge thank you to our incredible network of Literacy Champions in Doncaster.View details about Doncaster Stories celebrates Volunteers’ Week -
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A huge thank you to our network of volunteer Literacy Champions in Blackpool.View details about Get Blackpool Reading celebrates Volunteers’ Week 2023 -
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Today we have published new research indicating that children’s writing has reached a crisis point, with writing enjoyment levels at one of the lowest levels we’ve seen since we...View details about New research reveals only 1 in 3 children enjoy writing in their free time -
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Pupils and teachers at Shirehampton Primary School in Bristol welcomed Her Majesty Queen Camilla today, Thursday 18 May, on Her Majesty’s first solo engagement since the Coronation,...View details about Her Majesty Queen Camilla launches National Literacy Trust Coronation Library initiative at Bristol primary school -
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Last weekend, Middlesbrough Reads and Middlesbrough FC joined forces to make a special young fan’s day at the last league match of the season against Coventry FC.View details about Middlesbrough Reads gifts unforgettable match day experience to brave young Boro fan -
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Last autumn, children in schools across Nottingham were called to take part in the Great Green Read, a non-fiction writing project focused on important environmental issues.View details about Nottingham’s Great Green Read: Winner and runners-up -
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On Thursday (4 May), best-selling Young Bond author Charlie Higson’s specially commissioned James Bond adventure, On His Majesty’s Secret Service, will be published in celebration...View details about On His Majesty’s Secret Service: New Coronation Bond adventure will help our mission to support every child’s literacy
