Donate today and make a change to a child's life story. Your support could get a child their very first book, or even help create long-term change in areas of the UK where low levels of literacy are entrenched and intergenerational. Find out more: literacytrust.org.uk/donate-this-ch…

The Wrong Shoes by Tom Percival is out on Thursday 9 May! £1 from every sale will support our work in communities experiencing poverty, and Simon & Schuster UK are gifting 15,000 books to children at risk of low levels of literacy. Pre-order: waterstones.com/book/the-wrong…

300 primary schools across the UK will get new libraries, thanks to a £1.8million partnership with the Foyle Foundation for #LibrariesForPrimaries. Our mission is to ensure every primary school has a library by 2028, impacting 750,000 children. More ⤵️ literacytrust.org.uk/news/the-foyle…

The Blue Peter Book Club Live is coming to Manchester Central Library. 💙 Join Abby, Shini, and Joel on 18 May for a packed day of fun activities and engaging storytimes. 📖 There might even be a pirate ship! 🦜 CBBC @manclibraries The Reading Agency Arts Council England #BluePeter

Looking for things to do during half term? The Look for a Book challenge is back as part of @mcrcityoflit Festival of Libraries! 📚✨ #ReadMCR Literacy Champions will hide 48 copies of Konnie Huq’s Fearless Fairy Tales around Mcr - May 28-31. Check #ReadMCR FB for daily clues.

Only a few days left to apply for 2 exciting opportunities to join our team as we launch a literacy hub in Salford, check out the Salford Hub Manager and Project Officer roles in the link and please share with any relevant partners/colleagues literacytrust.org.uk/about-us/caree…

🚨Writing enjoyment has hit its lowest point for the second year running.🚨 The cost of literacy crisis is already impacting children and young people. Without literacy skills, you can't go after the life you want. We need to act now. Full report ➡️literacytrust.org.uk/research-servi…

So incredible to hear Tom Percival talk about the The Wrong Shoes which National Literacy Trust are so grateful to be working in partnership with Simon & Schuster UK making sure the children who need it most get a copy of this inspiring book

Truly inspiring event Lowry tonight, such incredible writing and performances by all of the talented children and young people. Such an honour to be a judge and excited to continue to strengthen our partnership with National Literacy Trust supporting children across Salford.

There are still a few tickets left to attend our annual Secondary Conference with keynote speaker Neil Mercer, who will be delving into the importance of speaking and listening skills for children and young people. Find out more: literacytrust.org.uk/training-and-w…

It's #NationalWritingDay and there's work to be done! Children's writing enjoyment is at an all time low. So what can we do to make writing fun? Low stakes creative writing helps to inspire creativity and takes the pressure off. ✍️ Our writing day resource can help! ⬇️

We have been appalled and deeply saddened by the riots in towns and cities during the last week. Violence and hate speech should be unimaginable in our society. It is shocking to see damage to buildings like libraries that are central to community life. Full statement⤵️

Our latest research paints a heart-breaking picture - children's enjoyment of reading has reached an all-time low. In fact, 2 out of 3 children and young people do not enjoy reading during their free time. A book can #ChangeALifeStory this Christmas: literacytrust.org.uk/Christmas

Good with prose? National Literacy Trust are looking for a #Pompey loving poet I think odes to matches postponed are allowed literacytrust.org.uk/programmes/spo…

A library in every primary school - because every child deserves the chance to fall in love with reading! So far we've transformed over 1,000 primary school libraries and we won't stop until every school has one. That's why we're in parliament today. #LibrariesForPrimaries

A really insightful and inspiring evening listening to Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram talk to Lucy Meacock about their new book ‘Head North’

A real privilege to attend Everton in the Community Blue Heart Awards this evening, some incredible work going on in the heart of the community and truly inspiring stories.

What an honour to attend Barbara Murray 🌹 becoming Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Can’t wait to see what the year brings with all of Barbara’s warmth, passion and dedication to championing literacy across the city to support children and families #liverpoolspeaks LivLitCycle