Why an abseil, I hear you cry?

On a wet Friday, Holly messaged three unsuspecting colleagues to challenge us to abseil down Millers Viaduct in the Peak District. How could we refuse her challenge!

So, Holly, Charlotte, Catherine and Gavin will be picking up the ropes and dangling off the viaduct on 16th March at 1pm.

Why help us?

We know that poverty and low literacy go hand-in-hand.

I work for the National Literacy Trust, who’s work transforms lives through literacy. We support families in deprived communities, give books to disadvantaged children, support schools in their literacy teaching and help young people to develop the communication skills and confidence to step into further education or work.

Children who are growing up with the stress of not having enough food and living in cold and damp housing, are not well equipped to develop strong literacy skills. Through our literacy hubs, we aim to target the communities where there are a high number of economically disadvantaged families, giving them free access to resources and support to help them boost their children's literacy skills.

It is vital that we act now to give this generation of children a positive future.

Please support us to raise vital funds for the work that the National Literacy Trust are doing across the country.

How could your donation help?

£7 could give a child the chance to go to a fun event in their community to discover the magic of books and nursery rhymes.

£10 could enable three families from disadvantaged communities to attend motivational reading events, inspiring them to read for pleasure and giving them the tools to support their children’s literacy skills at home.

£15 enables us to give books to children in deprived areas of the UK, where 1 in 8 children don’t have a book of their own.

£20 could give a child access to inspiring activity booklets and school programmes that will help them develop the literacy skills they need to thrive at school.

£30 could provide a child with their first 5 books, setting the foundations with a love for stories and supporting their early literacy development.

£25.00 helps fund family literacy packs for parents with children on neo-natal wards, helping them to bond with their babies through reading.

£50.00 helps train a volunteer to work with parents with low literacy levels and give them the skills to help develop their child’s literacy and communication skills.