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.
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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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31Aug2011Partners 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
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17Aug2011Rebuilding communities after the riots
Director Jonathan Douglas considers the recent riots and the role of literacy in raising young people's aspirations.
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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03Aug2011Reading under threat?
The chair of judges at the Man Booker Prize recently said the reading of fiction is under threat, particularly for young people. Our Director Jonathan Douglas discusses how real this concern is in this blog.
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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22Jul2011
The Jim & Jack 1 in 6 run blogNational Literacy Trust employees Jack Sallabank and Jim Sells have decided to run 160 miles, in October, to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust. Each week we will be writing a blog to let people know how our training, fundraising and organisation
Posted by Jim Sells | 0 Comments
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18Jul2011
Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part NineOver the next year Puffin author Tom Palmer will do a weekly term-time blog about the writing of his new series, The Squad, talking about all the things it takes to write a book. This is the final blog from Tom until the autumn term.
Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments
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11Jul2011
Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Eight
A National Literacy Trust blog by the Puffin author, Tom Palmer. It is aimed at schools. Over the next year Tom will do a weekly term-time blog about the writing of his new series, The Squad, talking about all the things it takes to write a book.
Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments
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08Jul2011
The Jim & Jack 1 in 6 run blog
National Literacy Trust employees Jack Sallabank and Jim Sells have decided to run 160 miles, in October, to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust. Each week we will be writing a blog to let people know how our training, fundraising and organisation
Posted by Jim Sells | 0 Comments
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05Jul2011Early literacy interventions: the way forward
Our Director Jonathan Douglas blogs about the recently released report on early interventions "Early Intervention: Smart Investment, Massive Savings".
Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments
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05Jul2011
Tom Palmer's writing blog - How I write: how you write, Part Seven
A National Literacy Trust blog by the Puffin author, Tom Palmer. It is aimed at schools. Over the next year Tom will do a weekly term-time blog about the writing of his new series, The Squad, talking about all the things it takes to write a book.
Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments
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