📰 Adult Literacy News Summary
Funding For Mayo Project Tackling Literacy And Numeracy Needs
19-Jun-2025 - Ireland
The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, has today announced the allocation of more than €13,000 to fund innovative projects across Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim that support adults with unmet literacy needs.
Read moreNational Cyber Security Centre Launches National Adult Literacy Agency Approved ‘Plain English’ Guide to Keeping Your Online Accounts Secure
18-Jun-2025 - Ireland
The NCSC and NALA have today announced the launch of a new plain English guide designed to make the often complex and confusing information around keeping online accounts secure more accessible to the public. This guide, available now on the NCSC website, provides clear, concise explanations of cyber security topics, empowering citizens to take control of their online accounts, and keep their personal information secure.
Read morePair Who Launched Charity That Helps Adults To Read Across Salisbury Area To Step Down
17-Jun-2025 - UK
Two pioneers who launched a literary charity that helps adults to read across the Salisbury area are now moving on to pastures new. South and East Wiltshire Read Easy was first created in May 2022 following months of hard work by Clare Potter and Caroline Finch. The pair had both independently been looking at how they could help adults to read, with the initial plan to teach in prisons. However, as there are no prisons within easy travelling distance to Salisbury, they turned their attention to the national charity Read Easy.
Read moreLiteracy Charity Targets Areas of Greatest Need
16-Jun-2025 - UK
One in four children leave primary school unable to read to the expected standard – and those in England’s most deprived areas are even less likely to meet key developmental goals by age five, according to UNICEF UK. But a charity operating throughout Barnsley is making a tangible difference – one story at a time. Schoolreaders, a national children’s reading charity, provides over 33,000 children with weekly classroom reading sessions in England, connecting over 3,300 volunteers with primary schools.
Read moreStellantis UK partners with The Children’s Literacy Charity
16-Jun-2025 - UK
Stellantis UK is partnering with The Children’s Literacy Charity which works to close the literacy gap for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, giving them the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. The partnership has enabled the introduction of the charity’s Reading Lab intervention across six schools in Coventry, Ellesmere Port and Luton Stellantis is also backing the charity’s work to encourage parental engagement and expand its Reader Leader mentoring scheme.
Read moreKatsina Government to Launch Literacy Classes for Repentant Bandits
15-Jun-2025 - Nigeria
The Katsina State Agency for Mass Education has unveiled plans to begin literacy classes for repentant bandits as part of efforts to reintegrate them into society. According to the state government, the initiative follows recent peace agreements reached in several local government areas previously plagued by banditry.
Read moreChildren in Poorest Areas Falling Behind by Age Five – Literacy Charity Targets Areas of Greatest Need
13-Jun-2025 - UK
One in four children leave primary school unable to read to the expected standard – and those in England’s most deprived areas are even less likely to meet key developmental goals by age five, according to UNICEF UK. But a charity operating throughout Manchester is making a tangible difference – one story at a time. In the region, Schoolreaders volunteers actively operate in a third of primary schools but still require at least 110 more volunteers to help tackle the literacy gap in the region.
Read moreMedia Students Create New Training Film For Literacy Charity
11-Jun-2025 - UK
Media students from West Nottinghamshire College have made a meaningful contribution to a local charity by producing a new staff training video to support their work in schools. Literacy Volunteers, a Nottingham-based registered charity, has been supporting children and families for years by promoting reading, communication, and social skills development.
Read moreWhat Mizoram, Goa's ‘Fully Literate’ Tag Under the ULLAS Programme Means
08-Jun-2025 - India
ULLAS is the latest adult literacy programme rolled out by the Indian government. It aims to equip 50 million 'non-literate individuals' over the age of 15 with foundational literacy and numeracy skills. Last month, Mizoram and Goa declared themselves to be 'fully literate' states.
Read moreMagical! Festival of Stories is 'biggest and best yet'
05-Jun-2025 - UK
World-class authors and performers 'booked' some time in at Rotherham for this year’s Festival of Stories. Hosted by leading children's literacy charity Grimm and Co and in celebration of Rotherham becoming the world's first Children’s Capital of Culture for 2025, the week-long event returned with a special edition of fun and family events at Grimm’s Emporium of Stories and different venues around the town.
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