Jonathan Douglas
@JDLiteracyTrust
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CBE, Hon FRSL, CEO of the National Literacy Trust, an independent UK charity transforming lives through literacy. Proud trustee of Gabrieli.
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Joined February 2009
🌟Campaign win for primary school libraries 🌟 Chancellor @RachelReevesMP announced today that the government will ensure every state primary school in England will have a library by the end of this parliament.
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Joining us on stage for our first session of the day is @Literacy_Trust's CEO, Jonathan Douglas CBE (@JDLiteracyTrust) to delve into the National Year of Reading campaign 💡
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EXCL: Rachel Reeves will deliver a library in every primary school in England, creating 1,700 new libraries funded from £132.5m dormant assets. https://t.co/wAtmv9pOtw
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Exclusive: Chancellor also set to unveil plans to get young people back into work in party conference speech
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On Wednesday a huge and diverse choir of young people, many from disadvantaged communities, gave a life affirming performance of Haydn’s Seasons with @GabrieliCandP conducted by the wonderful @paulmccreesh in Ely. A celebration of the fact that great music changes lives.
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After years of collaborative partnership working this is a huge milestone for the #LibrariesForPrimaries campaign - and for the next generation. #GrowAGenerationOfReaders
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We were thrilled to be at the Treasury yesterday as the Chancellor @RachelReevesMP committed to ensuring every primary school will have a library by the end of this Parliament.
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We are delighted to share that we are now a part of @literacy_trust. By joining forces, combining resources & expertise, we will turbo-charge the charities’ combined impact on literacy education. Read more: https://t.co/oHx5xE592T
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A honour to be at the international @TheBookerPrizes last night, celebrating the win of Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi, presented by the wonderful (and towering!) Max Porter.
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It was an honour welcome @Literacy_Trust’s Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, to Bradford last week to meet our local team and see how we’re brining literacy alive in the city.
A visit to remember! @RoyalFamily Over the last 11 years, we’ve worked with 50,000 children in Bradford, celebrating diverse stories and languages, and unlocking confidence through literacy and creative expression. Thank you to @Morrisons for supporting the day. 📽️: @BOKEHGO
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Look at all of this excitement! Every child deserves the chance to fall in love with reading. We had a great day celebrating a love of books in Middlesbrough with @RoyalFamily. Our impact in the town:
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The National Literacy Trust has been working in Middlesbrough for over a decade to boost literacy skills and inspire a lifelong love of reading in families across the town. Find out more about our...
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We were on the telly! 📺 Reading for pleasure transforms lives. It was great to celebrate our impact in Middlesbrough with local schools and Her Majesty The Queen (@RoyalFamily). So proud of these reading champions #GrowAGenerationOfReaders. Watch back: https://t.co/GonzrM8nWw
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Fantastic evening. Premier of Turnage’s v groovy guitar concerto and a transcendent Vaughan Williams 5 from Rattle and the @londonsymphony Thanks @Mtsensk for an incredible start to a birthday week!
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So sad to hear of the death of #BarbaraTaylorBradford OBE, a great ambassador of the @Literacy_Trust. I will never forget meeting her being inspired by her personal story. She will be greatly missed by the charity she championed.
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Donate now to help us create a lasting legacy for Barbara Taylor Bradford's work.
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“With children and young people’s enjoyment of reading at an all-time low, and high numbers leaving primary and secondary school without the reading skills they need to thrive, the futures of a generation are being put at risk” - @JDLiteracyTrust
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure
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🚨 A new report out today from @Literacy_Trust highlights the declining number of young people reading for pleasure. Read our response: https://t.co/REFoTmTa0J
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure
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“Literacy is fundamentally a matter of social justice,” says @JDLiteracyTrust , the @Literacy_Trust CEO, to a room full of stakeholders later in the afternoon, after the children have gone home. Great work happening in Salford with great partners!
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Fantastic to be in Salford today to launch our new strategic partnership with Salford, the @literacy_trust’s new Hub. The energy and commitment to our shared mission was inspiring.
Absolute pleasure to welcome @JDLiteracyTrust and @Literacy_Trust to @FS_MediaCityUK today to launch our new National Literacy Trust project in Salford, part of our Child Friendly City ambition. Thanks to all partners supporting us on this journey @Cammell4Swinton #localgov
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Great new production of Turn of the Screw at @E_N_O. Superb singing, the orchestra was devastatingly powerful and the production intensified the psychological power of the show. Loved it!
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