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Gaming for reading

The Reading Agency have published a report, Gaming for reading, which explores the potential for video games to engage adults with low literacy in reading.

So why start a reading group for new adult readers? And how do you keep it going? Here is some advice drawn from practitioners and, in particular, library staff and tutors in the West Midlands who have provided a consultation group for the development of the Chatabout network.

Chatabout

Chatabout is a free and unique new national network to support the growing number of reading groups for adults with literacy needs. We're inviting anyone already running or wanting to run one of these groups to "join Chatabout":http://www.chataboutreading.ning.com now to share their experience and encourage many more to start.

Reading for Pleasure impact

We know that using creative reading activity with adult learners can motivate them to improve their reading skills so that they can read more - and enjoy it. Three-quarters of participants in an evaluation of impact for The Vital Link reported an increase in skills and aspirations to continue reading and learning.

The Vital Link principles

The Reading Agency runs a range of activity to enable and encourage public libraries and learning providers to work together to create an exciting offer to new readers - a welcoming space with friendly staff, support to learn, the right books and lots of creative ways of promoting them. This is underpinned by the principles of The Vital Link - our approach to partnership working between the library and adult literacy sectors.

Work with adult learners

Do you work with adults who want to improve their reading and writing skills? The Vital Link is the national programme which aims to reach out to adult literacy learners and emergent readers (the term for those who can read but have yet to build their reading stamina and experience). We run The Vital Link in partnership with the National Literacy Trust.

Six Book Challenge in association with Costa Coffee

We are running an annual challenge - the Six Book Challenge in association with Costa Coffee. The Challenge to libraries is to build stronger relationships with adult literacy practitioners. The Challenge to adult literacy learners is to read six books. The Challenge to us is to make sure that every library and adult literacy practitioner has the support they need to make this happen.

Big Book Share

Prison punishes families as well as offenders. It can take away the vital role of a parent, often a father, in the formative years of his children’s life. 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.

BBC RaW

RaW (Read and Write) is the biggest campaign ever run by the BBC to help adults read and write better. Did you know that there are 12 million adults in the UK who struggle with reading and writing? RaW is for all of them.

Adults

We all like stories and most of us like to read. We found that adults in Britain read books for 4.6 hours every week - that's 39 minutes a day. And we are influenced by what our friends and...