one-to-one is the key From UNICEF: A billion people in the 21st century are unable to read a book or write their names, and two thirds of them are.

one-to-one is the key

From UNICEF:

A billion people in the 21st century are

unable to read a book or write their

names, and two thirds of them are women.

From the Basic Skills Agency’s Report by

Anthony Moser:

In the UK 20% of the population is

functionally illiterate.

From The British Dyslexia Society:

One in nine people is dyslexic.

From The Shannon Trust:

Over half the people leaving prison are

unable to read.

The Department for Children, Schools and Families:

2009 In 885 primary schools, over half the eleven-year-olds failed to reach the standard ofEnglish required to cope with the secondarycurriculum.

2008The number of schools was 798.

Success Stories

• An 11 year old boy is teaching his dad

• Our oldest learner is 74 years old

• Prisoners are teaching fellow inmates

• Library users are teaching friends

• A 64 year old traveller is reading now