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Barnardo's warns that basic literacy is vital for social mobility
31 May 2012
Responding to Alan Milburn's report into social mobility which said top professions generally remain a "closed shop" to those from disadvantaged backgrounds, Barnado's has warned that it is basic literacy skills that are essential to help the most vulnerable children build their futures.
Chief Executive Anne Marie Carrie said:
It is absolutely right that we support disadvantaged and vulnerable young people with potential to enter the professions. But we must not forget that there are many whose life chances will be most profoundly improved by ensuring that they have the basics in literacy and numeracy. Only by getting the basics right and by giving marginalised young people the right opportunities, will we enable them to climb out of poverty and onto the first rung of the employment ladder.”
Read the full story at barnardos.org.uk.
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