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Media releases

Families medias:

• 20Jul2011
  Haven to give away nearly 50,000 books

  Haven Holidays has teamed up with the National Literacy Trust's Words for Life campaign to give away nearly 50,000 books to children on their 35 family holiday parks.

• 04May2011
  ‘Kevin the teenager’ male stereotype 'so unfair’

  New research shows boys are more confident communicators than girls.

• 14Jan2011
  Little Chef and Reading for Life launch a Roald Dahl Reading Adventure

  Roadside restaurant chain Little Chef is teaming up with social marketing campaign Reading for Life and Puffin Books to engage children in a reading ‘adventure’ with games and activities based on Roald Dahl’s classic books.

• 21Dec2010
  Show you’re a Santa and not a Scrooge this Christmas

  Charity poll on Christmas story characters calls on public to give gift of reading

• 08Nov2010
  The perfect gift for book-lovers this Christmas: give a disadvantaged child a book of their own for the first time

  Buy the Gift of Reading for yourself or the book-lover in your life and help the National Literacy Trust give disadvantaged children books of their own to keep.

• 03Feb2010
  Bristol schools receive book celebrating local football fans

  Six lucky local schools have received a unique book called City ’Til I Die from Bristol City Football Club (BCFC) - a book written by the fans, for the fans.

• 20Nov2009
  51,000 families converted to reading thanks to Great Family Escapes

  The National Literacy Trust is publishing today (20 November 2009) a review of Reading for Life initiative Great Family Escapes, a pilot project funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).

• 15May2009
  New summer holiday reading campaign to target families

  Funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Great Escapes aims to change attitudes to reading and to ensure engagement with reading doesn’t tail off over the long summer break.