Literacy news
Mariella Frostrup supports our campaign to give children a route out of poverty
25 Jan 2013
Mariella Frostrup and leading authors including Ruth Rendell, Charlie Higson, Anthony Horowitz and Lauren Child are supporting Mia's Campaign to ensure disadvantaged children gain the literacy skills they need to get a job and succeed.
A film narrated by Mariella tells the story of an eight-year-old girl called Mia who attended the National Literacy Trust’s storytelling evens, chose books of her own to keep and became the first reader in her family.
We are asking members of the public to make a donation to Mia’s Campaign to help more children like Mia. We receive no government funding and work with 38,000 disadvantaged children and young people every year. Money raised could help us provide books and storytelling events for children from low-income homes; workshops to help struggling teenagers prepare for the job market; and one-to-one support for parents who lack confidence with literacy.
Campaign supporter Mariella Frostrup said:
“Many of us are lucky enough to take literacy for granted and so fail to recognise how life-changing the ability to read can be for a child. Not only do books take us beyond our own experience and into a world of the imagination but they also enlarge our horizons and open up a world of greater opportunity. Children living in poverty are more likely to be from homes where there are no books or their parents can’t read. I’m delighted to support the National Literacy Trust’s campaign to give more children the chance of a better future.”
