SHINE: Support and Help in Education - Literacy - Some of SHINE’s most important projects provide essential extra one-to-one support for young children who are seriously struggling to read and write – basic skills that hold the key to their future engagement and achievement at school.

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Springboard

Teams of paid literacy tutors and trained volunteers go into primary schools in extremely disadvantaged areas to work with children who are falling seriously behind at reading and writing. more >

DigiSmart

After-school workshops that use the internet in a structured and fun way and provide specialist tuition each week for two terms every year for children who are struggling to keep up with their peers. more >

Every Child a Chance Trust

A Ł10 million partnership between charities, the business sector and government that is funding highly skilled Reading Recovery teachers in inner-city schools to provide intensive help to children with severe literacy difficulties. more >

CLPE

A family literacy programme developed and run by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education. more >

BAAF

Developing a new training programme for foster carers that will give more primary school children in foster care the opportunity to achieve their full potential at school. more >