Vote for Literacy
Before the 2010 election we asked you to consider literacy as a key issue when you voted. We now need evidence of your support to ensure that literacy, and those who support literacy, are firmly on the Government’s agenda and not overlooked in the face of potential spending cuts.
The National Literacy Trust will be making submissions to Government, ahead of the autumn comprehensive spending review, recommending that they prioritise literacy and funding for schools, libraries, early years and adult basic skills. Please pledge your support for this campaign so we can demonstrate to Government how essential funding for literacy is.
With better literacy, we can support a skills-based economy and ensure that everyone, whatever their background, has the opportunity to succeed.
Actions you can take today
- Pledge your support online now – we will use evidence of this support in our submission to the Government
- Tell us your ideas: We want your views on some key areas affecting literacy to inform our submission to Government
- Email a friend asking them to Vote for Literacy too: download a template
- Join our Facebook fan group: keep up to date with campaign development and debate various literacy issues
- Follow us on Twitter for the latest on literacy news and our work
Actions schools can take today
- Highlight literacy as a key issue in any communication you have with the Government
- Teachers: Debate possible cuts on our Facebook page
Actions companies and organisations can take today
- Promote the campaign on your website, in your newsletter, on your Facebook page or Twitter feed and on your email signatures
- Tell your staff about the campaign and ask them to pledge their support via your intranet, staff newsletter or email
- Pledge your company or organisation’s support for Vote for Literacy
Actions celebrities and authors can take today
- Ask authors to support the campaign: it could be as simple as pledging their support, providing a quote or retweeting one of our tweets on their Twitter feed
