📰 Adult Literacy News Summary
West Lancashire College hosts annual Literacy Week celebrations
01-Dec-2025 - UK
West Lancashire College celebrated Literacy Week from 24th to 28th November to highlight the importance of reading, writing and effective communication in future job roles. The annual event featured an array of fantastic activities organised by the College’s curriculum team to inspire their students and included interactive workshops, creative writing sessions and staff also hosted a ‘book pick-up’ session during lunch time.
Read moreVolunteers sought to help with children's reading scheme
28-Nov-2025 - UK
Volunteers are being sought for a Keighley scheme which helps children struggling with their reading. The volunteers read weekly with children online. Keighley Town Council and literacy charity Chapter One have partnered to fund up to 10 recruits. This academic year, Chapter One is working with pupils at Holycroft, Merlin Top and St Joseph's primary schools.
Read moreLake District: Grasmere trust launches child literacy appeal
28-Nov-2025 - UK
A Grasmere-based trust is taking part in a national fundraising campaign designed to support child literacy. The Wordsworth Trust, which is based in Grasmere and manages Dove Cottage, is launching its Wordsworth in Schools appeal as part of The Big Give, a UK-wide charitable initiative. The trust claims that one in five primary school children may never have heard or read a poem. They are seeking donations between Tuesday, December 2, and Monday, December 8, through The Big Give platform.
Read moreDavid Hayman: all in for the National Year of Reading
28-Nov-2025 - UK
With the National Year of Reading kicking off in just a month, campaign director David Hayman and the six core Year of Reading team members, based in the National Literacy Trust offices in Vauxhall, London, are preparing for launch while continuing to fundraise towards their £10m goal. “We’ve got big ambitions for the campaign,” Hayman tells The Bookseller, “so that’s looking like a multi-million pound campaign budget, which spreads across the three different buckets of work that we do.”
Read moreOldham primary schools receive £62k boost for pupils' literacy
27-Nov-2025 - UK
Primary schools across Oldham are set to benefit from a significant literacy boost this month, thanks to the Bookmark Reading Charity. The initiative, part of the charity’s acclaimed Your Story Corner programme, will bring new opportunities to inspire a love of reading among young learners. Bookmark Reading Charity is investing £62,000 across 31 schools in Oldham, marking the town as the latest community to benefit from the initiative.
Read moreEdinburgh education well above national average as literacy rates rise in schools
26-Nov-2025 - UK
Edinburg schools are well above the national average in terms of later-years attainment, while literacy levels have improved steadily in primary schools, according to figures detailed by the council. The attainment gap between pupils from the richest and poorest learners narrowed in literacy and later-years attainment, but in numeracy these figures were mixed. One of the City of Edinburgh Council’s stated aims in education is to close this attainment gap and allow learners from the most deprived areas equal opportunities.
Read moreLiteracy campaign launched in Isle of Wight primary schools
25-Nov-2025 - UK
Let’s Go See, an independent children’s brand based in the UK, delivered its Educational Outreach Programme to 36 primary schools on the Isle of Wight in October 2025 as part of a nationwide literacy and learning movement. The Isle of Wight has been identified as one of the UK’s most disadvantaged areas for literacy, with one in three children leaving school unable to read at age level.
Read moreIs AI Changing The Kind Of Jobs The UK Will Have By 2035?
25-Nov-2025 - UK
Researchers from The Skills Imperative 2035 programme report that the UK workforce is moving into a decade shaped heavily by artificial intelligence and automation. Their findings show that jobs linked to routine tasks are shrinking at pace, while roles tied to judgement, communication and problem solving are coming up strongly. They say these shifts are happening faster than early estimates, and this means the shape of work is changing across every region. The research shows early inequalities strongly impacts who reaches high skill jobs later on. They found that gaps in communication, literacy, numeracy and confidence start early and widen through school years.
Read moreHundreds of courses on offer
24-Nov-2025 - UK
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority has commissioned 22 training providers to deliver learning as part of a £10.8 million Adult Skills Fund. The programme offers adults aged 19 and over the skills to secure work, for further learning or for personal growth
Read moreKeep Colchester Reading launches Christmas book giving appeal
23-Nov-2025 - UK
Free books will be delivered to families this Christmas as a community appeal returns to the city. Keep Colchester Reading was founded by councillor Lee Scordis in 2020 with the aim of encouraging more people to read over the festive season. Mr Scordis said in the last year a minimum of four books, including one non-fiction book, were delivered to 150 families across the city. The scheme was created to ensure no child or family goes without presents at Christmas and to increase literacy and promote a love of reading in society.
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