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The Vital Link is run by The Reading Agency in partnership with the National Literacy Trust
Useful weblinks

Accreditation
Move On: www.move-on.org.uk/index.asp
Open College network : www.nocn.org.uk

Adult learning
Basic Skills Agency: www.basic-skills.co.uk
Basic skills agency resource centre: www.ioe.ac.uk/library/bsa
BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
Campaign for learning: www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk
DfES Skills for Life: www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus
Direct Gov: www.direct.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/Adultlearning/fs/en
Get On: www.dfes.gov.uk/get-on
Information advice & guidance network: www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/iag/
Learndirect: www.learndirect.co.uk
Learning & Skills Council: www.lsc.gov.uk
Lifelong learning www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/index.htm
Move On: www.move-on.org.uk
National Advisory Council for Careers and Educational Guidance: www.guidancecouncil.com
National Family Learning network: www.familylearningnetwork.com/
NIACE: www.niace.org.uk
Skills for Life teachers' resources: www.talent.ac.uk

Funding
Learning & Skills Council: www.lsc.gov.uk
National Family Learning Network: www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/familylearningnetwork/
National Literacy Trust: www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/Funding.html

ICT
Internet courses for beginners
BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/webwise
Web Quests:
www.aclearn.net/
www.webquestuk.org.uk/

Library accessibility
Designing libraries website: www.designinglibraries.org.uk/
MLA guidance documents: signage: www.mla.gov.uk/webdav/harmonise?Page/
Accessiblity: www.mla.gov.uk/resources/assets//I/Increasing_Attractiveness_8784.pdf
Readability (library publications): www.cilip.org.uk/groups/pprg/l_smith2003.pdf
Welcome to your library e-list: www.llda.org.uk/cms/contentpage/wtyl

Literacy campaigns
RaW: www.literacytrust.org.uk/vitallink/RaW.html
Quick Reads: www.niace.org.uk/quickreads/

Partnerships
Regional MLA partnerships: www.ymlac-skillsforlife.org.uk/

Stock Collections
First Choice collections: www.literacytrust.org.uk/vitallink/1stchoice.html
Got kids? get reading!: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/vitallink/gotkids.html
Manga Mania: www.readingagency.org.uk/html/resource02.cfm?catName=13
Quick Reads: www.literacytrust.org.uk/vitallink/Quickreads.html

Publishers

Avanti books: www.avantibooks.com
Gatehouse books: www.gatehousebooks.org.uk
New Island Open Door series: www.newisland.ie/taxonomy/term/6
Sandstone Vistas: www.sandstonepress.com

Reader support

Essex emergent readers' website: http://askchris.essexcc.gov.uk/
British Council: www.encompassculture.com/readinggroups/creativereadingwebsites/

Training
Basic Skills Agency: www.basic-skills.co.uk
City & Guilds: www.e-quals.co.uk/servlet/
Learning and Skills Network: www.lsneducation.org.uk
LLU+ www.lsbu.ac.uk/lluplus/
Move On: www.move-on.org.uk/
Reading Agency: resources@readingagency.org.uk
ROWA (Read On - Write Away!) : www.rowa.org.uk/
Step into Learning: www.surestart.gov.uk/stepintolearning/

 


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