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ELSEWHERE FOUND

 

 First Read supports family literacy and education in poor communities around the world.

It offers an innovative way of working directly with families to expand and improve early chilhood care and education. First Read also supports improvements in the literacy and other skills of the participating parents and carers, including their ongoing ability to support their children's learning.

 

The Global Campaign for Education is a coalition of child rights activists, teachers’ unions and development organisations from around the world, united in their determination to make the right to educationstee a reality. I chair the UK campaign's policy group and sit on the steering committee.

 

I'm a trustee of the Reading Agency. The Read’ing Agency's mission is to inspire more people to read more. Read works with public libraries, publishers, unions, businesses and broadcasters to support reading.

The Reading Agency's Big Book Share supports prisoners to choose a book and then make a recording of themselves reading it, which is then given to the prisoner’s children. Reading can help to keep the family bond strong and can help an imprisoned parent to be a positive role model to his or her children.

 

CURRENTLY READING
  • The Kites are Flying
    The Kites are Flying
    by Michael Morpurgo

    I've just started reading Morpurgo's latest book. It's set in the Palestinian west bank and told from the point of view of both a travelling journalist and a young Palestinian boy called Said.

     

  • Buddhism

    Buddhist organisations and resources of interest.
    • Amida Trust
      The Amida Trust is a socially engaged Buddhist sangha working both in the UK and internationally.
    • Buddhist Peace Fellowship
      Through its worldwide network of members, BPF strives to bring peace where there is conflict, to promote communication and cooperation among Buddhist sanghas, and to alleviate suffering wherever possible.
    • Friends of the Western Buddhist Order
      The FWBO is an organisation dedicated to communicating and practicising buddhist truthsin ways appropriate to the modern world.
    • International Network of Engaged Buddhists
      Founded in 1987, INEB is the first international Buddhist network that links together engaged Buddhists worldwide. INEB deals with alternative education and spiritual training, gender issues, human rights, ecology, alternative concepts of development, and
    • Buddha on the Board
      This site from socially engaged Buddhist teacher, author and founder of the Amida Order, David Brazier, explores leadership and organisational issues from a Buddhist perspective.
    • London Buddhist Centre
      The London Buddhist Centre (LBC) is a centre devoted to teaching meditation and the principles of Buddhism, and to making these relevant to contemporary life.
    • The Jambudvipa Trust
      The Jambudvipa Trust of India envisages a society free of caste and other social barriers, in which all people, whatever their background can participate fully.
    • The Karuna Trust
      An initiative of western Buddhists Karuna which operates in India aims to promote dignity, self-confidence, and the breaking down of caste and religious barriers.
    • Going on retreat
      A portal for the Western Buddhist Order's 8 UK retreat centres.
    • Gaia House
      A centre for meditation, inquiry and compassion.
    • The Interdependence Project
      The InterDependence Project is a grassroots project for folks interested in exploring their minds on the meditation cushion and applying the insights, clarity, and wisdom to a variety of applications in the world of arts, ecology, and community service.
    • Dharma Kids
      Dharma Kids is an online resource about Buddhism for children and young people and their parents and teachers.