The National Literacy Trust

The National Literacy Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1116260).

The National Literacy Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales whose purpose is to advance public education in reading, writing and other literacy skills. It works to empower people from disadvantaged communities with the literacy skills they need to succeed in life, with programmes for children and young people in schools, early-years and alternative-provision settings, and adult literacy programmes in community and criminal-justice settings. It makes grants to institutions so they can run community literacy projects, and its annual giving of £46,601 went to five grants to organisations.

Priority Areas

The National Literacy Trust makes grants to institutions so they can run community literacy projects. Its wider work empowers children, young people and adults with literacy skills, with particular emphasis on disadvantaged communities. It runs programmes for children and young people in schools, early-years and alternative-provision settings, as well as adult literacy programmes in community and criminal-justice settings. Its approach is collaborative and locally tailored: it recognises that communities have different challenges, assets and partners, and seeks coordinated local action. It also bases its work on research and uses targeted interventions to help staff support children most at risk of falling behind.

Themes

• Community literacy projects

Geographic Focus

National.

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

What the charity says:

• It carries out due diligence and uses written agreements to set out the relationship, each organisation’s role, and monitoring and reporting arrangements.