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The National Literacy Trust and World Book Day® hosted an official World Book Day celebratory event on 1 March in Swindon to engage local children with reading and raise literacy...View details about World Book Day visits Swindon with official author event to give children the gift of reading -
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New research from the National Literacy Trust and digital bank, Chase, reveals the impact that the cost-of-living crisis is having on children’s access to books and the vital role...View details about Parents and carers spending less on books as cost-of-living crisis impacts families across Britain -
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Research published today by the National Literacy Trust and Estée Lauder Companies has shown the barriers in the workplace being faced by women from lower socioeconomic groups.View details about New research shows that 1 in 3 young women from lower socioeconomic groups are not comfortable challenging opinions in the workplace -
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We are thrilled to announce St Benet’s School Sunderland as the winner of our World Cup Reading Challenge.View details about Winner of our World Cup Reading Challenge announced! -
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To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day, over 45,0000 students from across the UK joined our poignant live event which saw Holocaust survivor Mala Tribich in conversation with After...View details about Over 45,000 students join us to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2023 -
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We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2022 Ruth Rendell Award. Each of these seven writers has gone above and beyond to support literacy development in the UK over the...View details about We announce the shortlist for the 2022 Ruth Rendell Award -
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Her Majesty The Queen Consort was welcomed at Norbrook Community Centre, Wythenshawe, Manchester today to unveil the Marcus Rashford Book Club Bookshelves and take part in reading...View details about Her Majesty The Queen Consort Unveils Marcus Rashford Bookshelves in Manchester -
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Islington school children watched highlights from the World Cup and Women’s Champions League, discussed the content, live tweeted the highlights and produced a match report to...View details about Islington schools visit Arsenal for World Cup-inspired journalism workshops -
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Our 2023 Talk To Your Baby conference took place at Birmingham’s Midlands Arts Centre. We examined how, despite recent and long term challenges within the sector, exciting...View details about Hosting Talk To Your Baby 2023 in Birmingham -
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We are delighted to announce that Astrea Academy Sheffield is the winner of our Back to School Reading Zone Challenge.View details about We announce the winner of our Back to School Reading Zone Challenge! -
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One in seven state primary schools do not have a designated library space and over three-quarters of a million children in the UK do not have access to books that we know enable...View details about One in seven state primary schools do not have a designated library space -
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Today we joined forces with the Royal British Legion to commemorate Armistice Day in a Remembrance Live Assembly, focused on the theme of service.View details about Over 340,0000 students tune into our Remembrance Live Assembly -
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Local author David Solomons visited six schools to celebrate entries of Chesil Reading Project’s creative writing competition, and revealed a new mascot designed by local student.View details about Literacy gets the superhero treatment in Chesil -
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The National Literacy Trust has teamed up with partners across the city to launch an exciting new literacy campaign: Read Dundee.View details about New 10 year literacy campaign launched to change life stories of children in Dundee -
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We’re partnering with Smythson, the luxury stationery and leather goods retailer, who’ll be donating to us with every pack of Christmas cards they sell, online or in-store.View details about We team up with Smythson and their beautiful Christmas cards -
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At 10am on Monday 10 October, over 58,000 people across the UK took part in the National Literacy Trust’s #Take10ToRead challenge, for World Mental Health Day.View details about Thousands of people complete the #Take10ToRead challenge alongside Jordan Stephens, Beth Suzanna and Natalie Costa -
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We joined forces with Enterprise Rent-A-Car for the second consecutive year which this week saw every year 5 and 6 pupil at 335 schools in 20 towns and cities across the UK receive...View details about Our partnership with Enterprise Rent-A-Car sees 25,000 UK children gifted books in drive to boost reading -
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This Libraries Week, we have been working with national charity Parentkind on a poll to determine parents’ views on their children’s primary school library provision and their...View details about Libraries Week 3 -9 October 2022: New poll reveals parental support for primary school libraries -
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Puffin, the children's imprint of Penguin Random House and National Literacy Trust partner, today announced the inaugural cohort of ambassadors for the Primary School Library...View details about Primary School Library Alliance ambassadors for 2022/23 announced -
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Today on National Poetry Day we are thrilled to launch our new research report, Children and young people’s engagement with poetry in 2022, which reveals the growing number of young...View details about New research shows that over half of young poetry readers are also poetry writers -
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Prison libraries can provide an influential hub of community and learning for people in custody. They are a calming space for anyone and everyone, from people just learning to read...View details about Libraries Week 3 -9 October 2022: Libraries as the beating heart of prison life