Literacy creates transformational opportunities. It empowers young people to create the future they deserve by developing the skills they need to be able to reach their full potential. Fighting inequality in education since 2010, we bring the gift of books and the joy of reading directly into homes.
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Low literacy carries life-long implications. For many children and young people accessing reading books, outside the classroom, is not so easy to come by. 1 in 5 children in the UK don’t own a single book and almost 25% of 11-year-olds in the UK’s poorest families have fewer than 10 books in their home. The cost-of-living crisis is dramatically increasing levels of poverty in the country and could further harm literacy levels.
Our approach is straightforward, intensive and effective. Our reading volunteers arrive on the doorstep or online with books for children – and read with them. We encourage parents to join in. Spending on average 2+ years with a family. We build a foundation for enthusiastic reading from childhood. Children who read well at home will go on to read well at school. We give the poorest and most disadvantaged children a hand up – at the start when it counts - every story read is a story changed.
