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Media releases

Libraries medias:

• 06Jul2011
  Love to read with the Premier League: Be one of 1,000 schools and libraries to take part free of charge

  Are your pupils more interested in football than reading? The National Literacy Trust is launching the 2011/12 Premier League Reading Stars initiative to turn football fans into reading fans.

• 23Feb2011
  Donate books to raise funds for literacy on World Book Day

  Online retailer Better World Books and charity the National Literacy Trust will hold a community book collection in Glasgow to celebrate World Book Day (3 March) this year.

• 04Feb2011
  Children who use the library are twice as likely to be above average readers

  Research published by the National Literacy Trust on Save Our Libraries Day (5 February 2011) confirms the link between children and young people using public libraries and good reading skills.

• 15Sep2010
  School libraries are too often a wasted resource

  School Library Commission announces key findings and recommendations in new report.

• 21Apr2010
  Get your World Cup (tool)kit on in time for the big kick-off

  National Literacy Trust and children’s author Tom Palmer launch free football-inspired literacy resource.

• 18Mar2010
  Footballers sign to Reading Stars club

  SPL players champion literacy programme for its second year.

• 18Feb2010
  School Library Commission invites submissions

  The School Library Commission chaired by Baroness Estelle Morris, a joint initiative between The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and the National Literacy Trust, is today announcing its intended lines of enquiry.

• 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.

• 26Jan2010
  Estelle Morris to chair commission on school libraries

  The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and the National Literacy Trust are launching a commission to examine the future of school library provision in England.

• 18Apr2009
  Footballers sign to Reading Stars club

  Scottish Premier League players champion literacy programme for second year.