Education
Ofsted - is the Office for Standards in Education, Childrens Services and Skills.
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NEU-Breaking the Mould - a project to consider how traditional gender stereotypes could be challenged in nursery and primary classrooms.
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Training
Anne Harding Training - delivers CPD training to teachers and learning support staff, library, museum and other cultural and heritage staff, and early years practitioners. Annes courses and inset on reading and reader development are very highly valued. The range of training she offers expands constantly in response to demand. These are some of the training topics for which she gets frequent requests across all the sectors in which she works: special educational needs, family learning, provision for teenagers, looked-after children and young people.
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No Outsiders
- provides training to primary schools in implementing the Equality Act. This course is based on the teaching resource, 'No Outsiders: Everyone Different, Everyone Welcome' by Andrew Moffat (Routledge: 2020) and uses key children's books (plus lesson plans). These books have been brought together into a 'No Outsiders Bookpack' supplied by Letterbox Library.
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CLPE - Centre For Literacy in Primary Education
The CLPE is an independent UK charity with a global reputation for the quality of our research into literacy and teaching. Our work promotes high standards in the teaching of literacy. We particularly emphasise the importance of books and literature in enabling children to become confident, happy and enthusiastic readers and writers, with all the benefits this brings. Letterbox Library is a supplier of the CLPE's Power of Reading Bookpacks.
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Books and Reading
National Literacy Trust - is an independent charity that transforms lives through literacy by supporting those who struggle with literacy and the people who work with them.
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Little Rebels Award A prize for radical children's fiction, given by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers and administered by Letterbox Library and Housmans Bookshop.
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Booktrust - is an independent reading and writing charity who work to empower people of all ages and abilities by giving them confidence and choices about reading.
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IBBY UK
The International Board on Books for Young People is a unique international alliance of everyone interested in children's literature: academics, librarians, writers, illustrators, publishers, teachers, literacy workers, booksellers, parents and others. IBBY UK is just one of IBBY's 70+ national sections in countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
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Read it Daddy! - a book, app and media blog for parents and their busy little bees! ReaditDaddy (Me) and Charlotte (my daughter) wade through piles of books, e-books and apps each week, searching out treasures in the delightful whimsical world provided by the best children's authors and illustrators on the planet.
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Rhino Reads - Ronnie the riled rhino was created to hunt down quality, positive and affirming books for children, to prove that they really are out there and we dont need to get sucked in to the depths of gender stereotypical marketing.
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Alliance of Radical Booksellers - working hard to keep progressive books on our highstreets. An organisation which allows its member booksellers to support each other, promote one anothers work, and sell books together.
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Diversity and Inclusion
Without Exception - offers a complete editorial service for publishers and advice on equality, diversity and inclusion issues in children's books.
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Inclusive Minds - is a collaboration of consultants and campaigners with a passion for inclusion, diversity, equality and accessibility in children's literature.
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BAME in Publishing - is a group for people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds working in UK publishing.
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Megaphone Writes - is a writer development scheme supporting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers writing for children or teenagers.
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We Need Diverse Books - is a U.S. grassroots organization of children's book lovers that advocates essential changes in the publishing industry to produce and promote literature that reflects and honors the lives of all young people.
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Anti-bullying
The Anti-bullying Alliance - is a coalition of organisations and individuals working together to stop bullying and create safe environments in which children and young people can live, grow, play and learn.
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Refugee Week - is a UK-wide programme of arts, cultural and educational events and activities that celebrates the contribution of refugees to the UK and promotes better understanding of why people seek sanctuary.
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Let Toys Be Toys - a parent-led campaign that is asking retailers to stop limiting childrens interests by promoting some toys as only suitable for girls, and others only for boys.
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@GenderDiary - a mother and father tweeting about our girl and boy and how people treat them differently.
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Co-operatives and Social Enterprise
Co-operatives UK - is the national trade body that campaigns for co-operation and works to promote, develop and unite co-operative enterprises.
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Social Enterprise UK - is the national body for social enterprise.
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