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The Vital Link: Reading for Pleasure Campaign
December 6th 2005
An update on the campaign and the chance to enter a prize draw in return for completing a questionnaire on current reading practices

Stuck for a resource to teach a literacy or numeracy skill?
November 17th 2005
Two new guides linking resources to delivery from the Move On project

World Book Day Book Tokens for Adults
October 28th 2005
On March 2nd 2006, twelve of the biggest names in fiction and non−fiction will be published under the Quick Reads banner

TV Drama Linked to RaW campaign
October 28th 2005
Rocket Man, starring Robson Green, is a new TV drama that supports the BBC’s Reading and Writing campaign

Key Documents Linked to the Teaching of English
October 21st 2005
Ofsted and QCA have recently published documents that will be of interest to teachers of literacy/English

Internet Radio – a new resource
October 21st 2005
Help your learners make their own radio programmes for broadcast over the internet or download as a podcast

The Story of Britain’s Lost Readers
October 18th 2005
World Book Day next year will see the launch of Quick Reads, the first series of books for adult emergent readers written by bestselling authors

Promoting Reading For Pleasure
October 3rd 2005
Vital Link receives DfES funding to promote reading for pleasure to Skills for Life sector

BBC launches RaW campaign on 1st October
September 26th 2005
From the 1st of October there will be trails and programmes on the BBC’s televison and radio channels