Joseph O'Reilly
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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.

     

  • Activism

    People and organisations doing good and useful things.
    • Amida Trust
      A Buddhist Sangha commited to the Buddha's message of peace, compassion, and personal transformation and its relevance to society.
    • Anita Roddick
      The website of The Body Shop's founder - activist and entrepreneur - Anita Roddick.
    • Campaign Against the Arms Trade
      Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) was set up in 1974 by a number of peace and other organisations who were concerned about the growth in the arms trade following the Middle East war of 1973. It is a broad coalition of groups and individuals in the UK wor
    • The International Solidarity Movement
      An international non-violent movement supporting the Palestinian resistance in the Occupied Territories.
    • The Meatrix
      A very amusing and informative animation on factory farming.
    • Mother Jones
      An independnet magazine committed to social justice through first rate investigative reporting.
    • Oxfam International
      Information on the international development organisation, including links to its member organisations around the world.
    • Roots and Shoots
      Roots & Shoots® engages and inspires youth through community service and service learning. Founded by Dr. Jane Goodall, this global program emphasizes the principle that knowledge leads to compassion, which inspires action. All Roots & Shoots groups show
    • Take it Personally
      Practical ways to make a difference today!