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.

• 16Jan2013
  Local Government’s Role in Education: the way forward in 2013

  Emily McCoy, our Literacy Action Hub Programme Manager, explores the local authority's role in supporting literacy.

  Posted by Emily McCoy | 0 Comments

• 07Nov2011
  Can 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

• 31Aug2011
  Partners and volunteers – the heart of our work to improve lives in Rochdale

  Cllr Colin Lambert, Leader of Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council writes about how he sees local partners and community volunteers as key strands of the council's sttempts to address low literacy and unemployment.

  Posted by Emily McCoy | 0 Comments

• 16May2011
  The time is now: get literacy on the agenda of your child poverty partnership

  Local councils want more guidance on reducing child poverty, according to the Local Government (LG) Group. Is now the moment to push for literacy to be a priority in strategies to combat child poverty?

  Posted by Emily McCoy | 1 Comment

• 06Dec2010
  Involving communities in literacy: an opportunity for local areas to improve life chances

  This blog discusses opportunities for local authorities and their partners to improve literacy levels by working in partnership and in collaboration with their local communities.

  Posted by Emily McCoy | 1 Comment

• 05Aug2010
  Literacy at a local level: the impact of cuts, restructures and Big Society

  Emily McCoy, Manager of Partners in Literacy, discusses how to ensure that support for literacy is maintained at a local level.

  Posted by Emily McCoy | 4 Comments