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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.

     

  • Green Politics

    Links to Green political parties, elected officials and activists.  
    • Green Party of England and Wales
      The principal site for the Green Party in England and Wales with up to date press releases on the latest issues.
    • Southwark Green Party
      News and information from the Green Party in the London Borough of Southwark, of which I'm an active member.
    • The Scottish Green Party
      Our green friends North of the border.
    • London Assembly Greens
      News and views from Darren Johnson and Jenny Jones, Green members of the London Assembly.
    • The Greens in the European Parliament
      the homepage of Greens from across Europe who have been elected to the Euorpean Parliament.
    • Dr Caroline Lucas MEP
      Green Member of the European Parliament for South East England and super impressive activist and politician.
    • Jean Lambert MEP
      Green Member of the European Parliament for London.
    • Sian Berry
      Sian is the newly elected female Principal Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales.