Tag: National Literacy Trust

Penguin Random House announces two-year partnership with National Literacy Trust to tackle urgent social mobility issues

Stuart Mitchell

Penguin Random House UK has announced a two-year partnership with the National Literacy Trust, an independent charity dedicated to transforming lives through literacy. This partnership underscores Penguin Random House’s commitment to improving social mobility in the UK, in support of our wider mission to help close the creativity gap. Literacy continues to be one of the major and most urgent barriers facing social mobility in the UK. Research from the National Literacy Trust currently shows that: One in six adults in England and Northern Ireland currently lack the literacy skills…

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My Favourite 10 Charity/Non-Profit/Ethical Campaigns of March 2018

Stuart Mitchell

These are my top 10 favourite Non-Profit, Ethical or Charity Campaigns of the previous Month. This Month – March 2018. There were some campaigns I really liked in March. As I have already done a top 10 International Women’s Day Top 10 I have tried to avoid using those ones. 10. With the horrible attack in Florida, it was great to see businesses coming together against guns. WeTransfer Launches Global Site Takeover Highlighting Effect of Gun Violence 9. A great campaign launched by the PFA dealing with dementia in former…

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On World Book Day, ‘A Girl Who Reads… Can Dream’ film is launched in support of the National Literacy Trust.

Stuart Mitchell

Released by Lief on World Book Day [1st March 2018], and proudly supported by the National Literacy Trust, comes this moving, fantastical tale of female empowerment through literacy: a two-minute film with a powerful message. Written and directed by director Leonora Lonsdale, the film follows the ever-wild journey of two young sisters, bold and brave. Focusing on the power of books to harness a child’s imagination, the film brings a positive message to the statistic that 493 million women worldwide still can’t read. Made for girls, by girls, the film…

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