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 | Background Information
The National Year of Reading 2008 (NYR) is a high profile campaign instituted by the DCSF and managed by the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency. |
Partners at national level include the major agencies involved in both literacy and reading promotion, including MLA, NIACE and Booktrust.
The NYR relates to a number of government policies, including Every Child Matters, extended schools, 14-19 reforms and World Class Skills.
DCSF’s aim:
“to encourage more people to read in the widest sense – from books, magazines and newspapers to the Internet and other digital technology – and people to read more, by promoting a culture of reading for pleasure and purpose.”
Pleasure and Purpose
This combination of both pleasure and purpose distinguishes this campaign from others where reading is seen solely as the reading of works of fiction.
Crucial to NYR is the understanding that reading is a necessity for all aspects of an individual’s life, not just education and reading for pleasure, but also accessing information and using a computer both for daily living and to enable full participation as a twenty-first century citizen.
The NYR aims specifically to focus on:
- Demonstrating the importance of literacy skills
- Encouraging boys to feel more enthusiastic about reading
- Encouraging and enabling young parents (particularly men) to understand the importance of reading with their children and giving them the confidence to do this
- Encouraging adult literacy particularly as a means to engaging with formal learning opportunities.
Local Level
At a local level library services are in the main co-ordinating activities and opportunities across local authorities in conjunction with schools, adult learning services and existing partners in reading promotion.
Gordon Brown, Prime Minister - Downing Street Launch
“It’s not just the joy of reading, … it’s also the benefits of reading. It’s probably one of the best anti-poverty, anti-deprivation, anti-crime, anti-vandalism policies you can think of. … Let’s set a big ambition for this year that we do have millions more people aware of the importance of reading, and thousands more people who can’t read, reading.”
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