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Department for children,schools and families
The Family Reading Campaign is delivered by the NLT on behalf of the DCSF
Make 2008 the year for family reading

Grandfather and grandchild with a bookMother and child writing togetherThe Family Reading Campaign is a partnership campaign working to ensure that the importance of encouraging reading in the home is integrated into the activity of key sectors.

The National Literacy Trust are very pleased to be able to report that the Department for Children, Schools and Families has agreed in principle to fund the NLT for the next three years to develop the Family Reading Campaign into a national strategy to support families in encouraging literacy in the home. Find out more from the policy paper (pdf).

Click on the links below to find case studies for each area.
Family reading sectors image map Primary schools Employment Sport Partnership projects Children's centres Early years Community Children in care Secondary schools Adult education Parent support organisations Libraries Focusing on fathers/men Prisons Media Health Housing English as as additional language

 


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