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4Children
(formerly Kids' Clubs Network)
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ABLAZE - A Bristol Learning Action Zone in Education
ABC for Reading
AbilityNet
ACITT
(the Association for ICT in Education)
Action for Prisoners' Families
ActionAid
Adult Basic Skills Strategy Unit
- now known as the Skills for Life Strategy Unit (DfES, England)
Adult and Community Learning Fund
Adult Dyslexia and Skills Development Centre
Adult Dyslexia Organisation
(ADO)
Advisory Centre for Education
(ACE)
Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and other Travellers
(ACERT)
Advisory Unit Computers in Education
Afasic - Overcoming Speech Impairment
Age Concern
Aiding Communication in Education
(ACE)
Amity Reading Clubs
Antidote: Campaign for Emotional Literacy
Apples and Snakes
Arts Council England
Arts Council Northern Ireland
Arts Council Republic of Ireland
Arts Council Scotland
Arts Council Wales
The Arts Dyslexia Trust
The Arvon Foundation
Association for Research in the Voluntary and Community Sector
(ARVAC)
Association of Workers for Children with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
Association of Senior Children's and Education Librarians
(ASCEL)
Attention Deficit Disorder Information and Support Service
Avanti Books
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Bag Books
Basic Skills Agency
(BSA)
Better Reading Partnership
(Bradford)
Big Wide Talk
Birkbeck Institute for Lifelong Learning
Birmingham Core Skills Partnership
Book Aid International
Books and Beyond
Books, reading and writing
(BRAW)
Booktrust/Bookstart
Boys2MEN
The Brazelton Centre
British Association for Early Childhood Education
British Association for Literacy in Development
(BALID)
British Association of Teachers of the Deaf
(BATOD)
British Dyslexia Association
(BDA)
British Dyslexics
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
(BECTA)
British Educational Research Association
(BERA)
British Film Institute
(BFI)
British Institute of Learning Disabilities
(BILD)
British Library
Building bridges through books
Business in the Community
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Calibre Cassette Library
Cambridge Training and Development Ltd
Campaign for Learning
Campaign for learning through museums and galleries
(clmg)
Can I Have a Word
(interactive creative writing)
Canadian Organization for Development through Education
(CODE), promoting self-sufficiency through literacy in the developing world
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges, British Council
Centre AlphaPlus Centre
Centre for Creative Communities
Centre for Education and Industry
University of Warwick
Centre for Excellence in Leadership
(FE sector)
CILT, the National Centre for Languages
Centre for Literacy Studies
(formerly the Centre for the Study of Children's Reading), University of Nottingham
Centre for Literacy in Primary Education
(CLPE)
Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
Centre for Children's Books
Centre for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media
Centres for Curiosity and Imagination
Chartered Institute of Library & Information Professionals
(CILIP)
CHI
(The Support Society for Children of High Intelligence)
Children in Scotland
Children in Wales
Children's Books Ireland
Children's Play Council
The Children's Services Network
Chroma
ClearVision Project
(postal lending braille library)
Clinks
- prison community links
Citizenship Foundation
Commonwealth of Learning
Communities Scotland
Community Education Development Centre
(now known as ContinYou)
Community Development Foundation
Community Insight
Community Learning Scotland
Community Service Volunteers
Confederation of British Industry
(CBI)
ContinYou
(formerly CEDC and EdEx)
Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
(COSLA)
Coram Family
Council for Disabled Children
Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils
(CReSTeD)
The Creation Station
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Daycare Trust
Deafchild International
Demos
Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
(DCMS)
Department for Education and Skills
(DfES)
Department of Education for Northern Ireland
(DENI)
Directgov Education and Learning
Disability Equality in Education (DEE)
Discover: The Children's Discovery Centre
Down Syndrome Educational Trust
Dyslexia Action
(formerly The Dyslexia Institute)
Dysg
(now Education and Learning Wales - ELWa)
Dyspraxia Foundation
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Early Years Library Network
Eastside Educational Trust
Education Action International
Education and Learning Wales
(ELWa)
Education Business Partnerships
(EBPs) and the National EBP Network
Education Extra
(now known as ContinYou)
The Education Network
(now The Children's Services Network)
Education Otherwise
Educational Guidance Service for Adults
, Northern Ireland (EGSA)
The English Association
English Speaking Board
English & Media Centre
EPPI-Centre
Estyn
- Her Majesty's Inspectorate for Education and Training in Wales
European Association for the Education of Adults
European Federation for the Education of the Children of Occupational Travellers
(EFECOT)
European Society for Research on the Education of Adults
Every Child a Reader
Everybody Writes
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Fair Play for Children
Fatherhood Institute
(formerly
Fathers Direct
)
Federation of Children's Book Groups
(FCBG)
Federation of Worker Writers and Community Publishers, UK
FFORWM
Film Education
First Book
- a US non-profit organisation to provide disadvantaged children with new books
First Steps / Stepping Out
Forum on Prisoner Education
Foundation for People with Learning Difficulties
Foundation Stage Network
Foyer Federation
Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez
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Gaelic Books Council
Gatehouse Media Ltd
Get On campaign
Grass Roots Press
Group 64
Gypsy Research Centre
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Hamilton Trust
Headliners
Healthcall Dyscovery Centre
High/Scope UK
Higher Education Funding Council for England
HM Inspectors of Schools
(Scotland)
Home Education Advisory Service
Home Start
Hyperactive Children's Support Group
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I CAN
Inaura
Information for School and College Governors
(ISCG)
Inspectorate
(Northern Ireland)
Institute for Public Policy Research
(IPPR)
International Board on Books for Young People
(IBBY)
International Reading Association
Irlen Centres UK
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Journals
-
Journal of Research in Reading
and
Literacy
(produced by UKLA)
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Kids
Kidscape
Kids' Clubs Network
(now known as 4Children)
Kumon
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Language and Literacy Unit+
(formerly London Language and Literacy Unit)
Learndirect
Learning and Skills Research Centre
Learning and Skills Councils
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earning and Skills Network
(formerly the Learning and Skills Development Agency)
Learning and Teaching Scotland
Learning Communities Network
Learning Connections - Communities Scotland
Learning Design
Learning from Experience Trust
The Libraries Agency
Library and Information Research Group
The Library Campaign
Lifelong Learning UK
The LINK Centre for Deafened People
Listening Books
Literacy Information and Communications System of the NIFL
(LINCS)
Literacy Matters
, US site providing literacy training and resources
Local Enterprise Councils
(LECs - Scotland)
Local Government Association
(LGA)
London Libraries Develpoment Agency
(LLDA)
London School of Islamics
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MakeBelieve Arts
MAPE
Mentoring and Befriending Foundation
Millennium Volunteers
Moving Here
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
(MLA)
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National Academy of Writing
National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth
National Academy for Parenting Practitioners
National Adult Literacy Agency, Ireland
(NALA)
National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum
(NALDIC)
National Association for the Gifted Child
National Association for Special Educational Needs
(NASEN)
National Association for Special Educational Needs
Wales
National Association for Teaching English & Other Community Languages to Adults
(NATECLA)
National Association for the Teaching of English
(NATE)
National Association of Advisers for Computers in Education
National Association of Governors & Managers
(NAGM)
National Association of Gypsy Women
National Association of Literature Development
National Association of Teachers of Travellers
(NATT)
National Association of Writers in Education
(NAWE)
National Autistic Society
National Black Boys Can Association
National Center for Family Literacy
(US)
National Centre for Language and Literacy (formally known as RALIC)
National Centre for Languages
National Centre for Literacy and Numeracy
National Centre for Research in Children's Literature
National Children's Literacy Project
(NCLP)
National College for School Leadership
National Council for One Parent Families
National Deaf Children's Society
National Early Years Network
National Extension College
National Family Learning Network
National Family and Parenting Institute
National Foundation for Educational Research in England & Wales
(NFER)
National Governors Council
National Handwriting Association
National Information and Learning Technologies Association
(NILTA)
National Information Forum
National Institute for Adult Continuing Education
(NIACE)
National Institute for Literacy
(NIFL)
National Library for the Blind
National Literacy Association
(NLA)
National Literacy Strategy
National Literacy Trust
National Mentoring Network
National Parent Partnership Network
National Portage Association
National Primary Headteachers Assocation
National Primary Trust
National Pyramid Trust
National Reading Campaign
- Read On
National Research and Development Centre for adult literacy and numeracy
(NRDC)
National Right to Read Foundation
(NRRF), a U.S. organisation
National Strategy for Basic Skills in Wales
National Support Project for the Workplace
(Wales)
National Workplace Learning Network
National Writers Association
National Youth Agency
Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation
Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
Netmums
The Network: tackling social exclusion in libraries, museums, archives and galleries
The Network for workplace language, literacy and numeracy
Newcastle Literacy Trust
(now the Northern Learning Trust)
New Leaf publishing
New Zealand Literacy Portal
Northern Ireland Branch of the Library Association
Northern Ireland Council for Educational Research
Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
(CCEA)
Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action
Northern Ireland Dyslexia Association
Northern Learning Trust
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Offenders' Learning and Skills Unit (DfES)
Office for Standards in Education
(Ofsted)
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister-
now Department for Communities and Local Government
Opening the Book
The Open School Trust
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Parentalk
Parenting UK
Parentline Plus
Parent Centre
Parents as First Teachers
Parents in Education Research Network
Parents in Touch
Parents Information Network
(PIN)
Parents Online
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP)
The Place to Be
Plain English Campaign
Playing with Words
(now Big Wide Talk)
The Poetry Book Society
The Poetry Library
The Poetry School
The Poetry Society
Policy Studies Institute
Pooh Bear Reading Assistance Society
Positive Parenting
Pre-School Learning Alliance
The Prince's Trust
Prisoners' Education Trust
Protocol Professional
Publishers' Association
Pullen Publications
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Quick Reads
Qualifications & Curriculum Authority
(QCA)
Qualifications, Curriculum & Assessment Authority for Wales
(ACCAC)
Quality Improvement Agency
(QIA)
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Rathbone
READ Foundation
, U.S. programme for at-risk readers
Read On - Write Away!
(ROWA!)
Readathon
The Reading Agency
Reading and Language Information Centre
(RALIC) - relauched as National Centre for Language and Literacy
Reading Association of Ireland
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental, UK
(RIF, UK)
Reading Matters
Reading Reform Foundation
Refugee Advice and Guidance Unit
Refugee Council
Refugee Education and Training Advisory Service
Research and Practice in Adult Literacy
(RaPAL)
Resource
- now known as the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)
Resource Unit for Supplementary and Mother-tongue Schools
Right Track
RNIB Talking Book Service
Roald Dahl Foundation
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Royal National Institute for the Blind
(RNIB)
Royal Society for Arts
(RSA)
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Salvation Army
Save the Children
Scottish Adult Learning Partnership
School Library Association
School Library Services
Scottish Book Trust
Scottish Dyslexia Association
Scottish Centre for Information on Language and Research
Scottish Community Education Council
Scottish Council for Research in Education
(SCRE)
Scottish Executive Education Department
Scottish Library Association
Scottish Pre-School Play Association
Scottish Poetry Library
Scottish Study Support Network
Scottish Qualifications Authority
Scottish Storytelling Centre
Seven Stories - the Centre for Children's Books
Sheffield's Unified Multicultural Education Service
(SUMES)
SIL, UK
Skill
Skill
(Northern Ireland)
Skills for Life Strategy Unit
(DfES, England)
Skillswise
Social Exclusion Unit
Society for Storytelling
Society of Authors
Society of Voluntary Associates
(SOVA)
Special Educational Needs Tribunal
Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit
The Speech, Language and Hearing Centre
Spread The Word
Springboard for Children
Standards and Effectiveness Unit
Steiner Waldorf Schools' Fellowship
Success for All
Sure Start, Extended Schools and Families Group
(DfES)
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Teachers Evaluating Educational Multimedia
(TEEM)
Training and Development Agency for Schools
(formerly the Teacher Training Agency)
Teaching Handwriting, Reading & Spelling Skills
(THRASS)
TEC National Council
TimeBank
Training & Employment Agency
(Northern Ireland)
Tutor Hunt
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Unionlearn
United Kingdom Literacy Association
(UKLA - formerly United Kingdom Reading Association)
United States Board on Books for Young People
University for Industry
US Phonics Special Interest Group
V
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The Verbal Arts Centre,
Northern Ireland
Vital Link
Volunteering England
Volunteer Reading Help
(VRH)
VSO
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Well Worth Reading
Welsh Assembly
(for inspection see Estyn)
Welsh Books Council
Welsh Joint Education Committee
Welsh Library Association
Welsh Refugee Council
Which Phonics?
The Who Cares? Trust
Women in Prison
The Word Hoard
Workers Educational Association
(WEA)
World Literacy Crusade
, a non-profit organisation to raise literacy standards in the U.S.
Write Away/Live Writing Online
Writers in Prison Network
Writing Together
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Y
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Young Writers
YouthBOOX
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