Blogs
Our blogs are written by various NLT staff on a wide range of literacy issues. We welcome your ideas and feedback, so please add your comments.
If you have any suggestions for blog topics that you would like to see our staff discuss please email us.
Families blog posts:
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21Feb2012Celebrating World Book Day
World Book Day is a great opportunity to stop and celebrate all of the positive things happening in libraries and literacy.
Posted by Lizzie Poulton | 1 Comment
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06Feb2012Literacy in unexpected places
Our Director Jonathan Douglas explains why literacy should be found in the most unexpected places from football grounds to fast food restaurants.
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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08Nov2011New political group to focus on literacy
The new All Party Parliamentary Group for Literacy will look at issues including boys and literacy and volunteering to support literacy.
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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07Nov2011Can we address poverty by focusing on literacy? Frank Field MP thinks so.
A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies forecast that by 2013 there will be 3.1 million children in poverty in the UK. Frank Field MP explored the role of low literacy in poverty at our recent conference.
Posted by Emily McCoy | 0 Comments
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08Sep2011Literacy is everybody’s business
As we examine the factors that contributed to this summer’s riots and seek solutions, literacy support within these communities has perhaps never seemed more urgent.
Posted by Abigail Moss | 1 Comment
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21Dec2010Fellow charity Booktrust announces funding for all English bookgifting programmes to be cut by 100%
The National Literacy Trust is very disappointed to hear that central funding for the book gifting initiatives of fellow literacy charity Booktrust has been discontinued.
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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16Aug2010The national literacy challenge: our priorities under the Coalition Government
Director Jonathan Douglas discusses the National Literacy Trust's priorities under the new government in light of the forthcoming Spending Review.
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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07Jul2010A book of their own: how owning books affects children's literacy
Lizzie Poulton, Project Manager, National Young Readers' Programme, tells us about recent research on book ownership and the difference books in the home can make.
Posted by Lizzie Poulton | 2 Comments
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