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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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The Hungry Little Minds team in Newcastle are delighted to have a digitised version of the Leazes Park story trail, allowing more families, carers and early years settings across...View details about The Leazes Park story trail has now been digitised! -
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Two families have won Greggs vouchers after taking part in our delicious baking competition.View details about Two families cook up a treat for Greggs literacy competition -
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Read North East joins forces with Hungry Little Minds to help young children reach their potential.View details about Get your little ones school-ready with free chat, play and read activities -
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Special guests from Lord Blyton Primary School stepped inside the world of work with global leading tech platform, NBS.View details about NBS helps little ones dream big in the tech world -
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Our Read North East, campaign has partnered with one of the region’s largest bus operators for a tour of Sunderland with local schoolchildren, to celebrate an initiative fronted by...View details about Read North East hosts a Spot-branded bus tour of Sunderland to encourage children to chat, play and read -
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Our Read North East campaign launched its new Redcar Early Years Partnership today with a storytelling event for children.View details about Our Read North East campaign launches new Redcar Early Years Partnership with storytelling event for local nurseries -
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Read North East and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and Public Health South Teesside are launching an early years partnership.View details about Early years partnership is launched in Redcar as part of Read North East -
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We teamed up with Penguin Random House to host an exclusive schools event with the world-famous Diary of Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney, as part of our Read North East campaign.View details about Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney visits Newcastle for an exclusive Read North East event -
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We are delighted to launch an exciting comic strip competition with Penguin Random House, as part of the North East campaign. It gives pupils across the region the opportunity to...View details about We launch Diary of a Wimpy Kid comic strip competition for schools in the North East -
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Our new research to mark World Book Day has revealed that almost three quarters (72%) of children aged 8 to 11 in the North East enjoy reading.View details about New research released on World Book Day reveals that 72% of North East children enjoy reading -
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1 in 8 of the most disadvantaged children in the North East say they don’t have a book of their own at home, according to our new research.View details about 1 in 8 disadvantaged children in the North East don’t own a single book -
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Families had the chance to take home free books at Stockton’s highly anticipated Christmas lights switch on, thanks to the Read North East campaign.View details about Brightening up story time with free books at Stockton Sparkles -
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Read what Middlesbrough FC fan Charley thought about her Read North East book in her review.View details about Football fan gives a rave Read North East review -
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As Middlesbrough FC took on local rivals Sunderland FC in the North East derby on Sunday 5 November, families at the game were able to choose from a selection of children’s books to...View details about Free books for football fans at the Riverside stadium -
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We launched the Read North East campaign to the public this week with an exciting event at intu Metrocentre in Gateshead.View details about Thousands of children enjoy Read North East book giveaway at intu Metrocentre -
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We've just announced a new campaign to boost children’s literacy levels in the North East. The campaign is the work of the North East Literacy Forum, led by us and supported by...View details about A new chapter for literacy in the North East