Promoting Reading in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The Reading Revolution on Merseyside, UK
A project with a large social outreach
The Reader Organisation, based on Merseyside, UK, wants to bring about a Reading Revolution. It works to maximise access to books and enjoyable shared reading to ensure that books do not remain on shelves, unread and ineffective but get into the hands of people who can really benefit from them. The leading social outreach project ‘Get Into Reading’ delivers weekly reading groups aiming to improve wellbeing, build community and extend reading enjoyment.
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Interview with Dr Roland Marden
Booktrust Research and Development Manager
Diverse activities organised by Booktrust aim to establish a contact to books and to kindle a motivation for reading by this and other means. Dr. Roland Marden, the research and development director, talks about book donation campaigns and a project for eleven-year-old children who can choose a book amongst a selection and keep it.
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Booktrust
http: / / www.booktrust.org.ukBooktrust is an independent national charity that encourages people of all ages and cultures to discover and enjoy reading. Booktrust conducts campaigns and reading and writing contests, it organises national reading programmes throughout the United Kingdom. It is associated with related institutions, foundations and campaigns both at a national and an international level. For instance, it is egaged in the campaign Book Start, where each baby born in the United Kingdom receives a package with appropriate [ ... ]
DetailsReading projects, campaigns, reading suggestions and book prizes by Booktrust
National Literacy Trust (NLT)
http: / / www.literacytrust.org.uk / index.htmlThe National Literacy Trust is an independent charity founded in 1993, which intends to improve literacy skills and reading competence in the United Kingdom. Its campaigns (e.g. Reading is Fundamental, Talk to Your Baby) intend to empower people from all age groups and social backgrounds as regards reading and information competencies. To this purpose, the NLT connects educational institutions, communities, individual learners and parents in various programmes. Furthermore, it supports research and policy [ ... ]
DetailsReading projects and campaigns by the National Literacy Trust
Reading projects and campaigns of other institutions in the United Kingdom