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young people being involved. so, he believes in the importance of volunteering. and the queen s work with literacy particularly, i ve seen as the chair of the national literacy trust, her encouragement of literacy champions being launched as part of coronation volunteering in their the big help 0ut. so, in a sense, not surprising that volunteering is really going to be at the heart of the weekend? no, i think very indicative of both of their passions for supporting communities and making more difference, trying to engage different sectors, private, public, and the voluntary sector together. and obviously, we re talking about people signing up to organisations and charities, but your message, isn t it, is to big business as well? is that there are ways that you can help your employees do this? the king has spent a0 years encouraging companies to step up on their responsible business practice, whether in their environment or their community, and i think this weekend we can see many compa
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Pupils and staff at Belmont Grosvenor school are hoping to spread some Christmas cheer and share the joy of reading with hundreds of children across the region.
The school has donated more than 500 books to Bradford Stories, the literacy campaign from the National Literacy Trust and Bradford Council which aims to improve literacy levels in the city by promoting reading, writing, speaking and listening.
The haul of books, ranging from babies’ first picture books, to simple readers, topic books and young teenage novels, will be gifted to children across the Bradford area, through the National Literacy Trust campaign, many of whom don’t own a single book.