1. Organisations and partnerships
Helen Chicot Literacy Co-ordinator, Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

3. The Case for the Policy:
Literacy and Social Inclusion
Reducing inequalities
Promoting opportunity
Using the power of literacy
National Literacy Trust (2008) Literacy Changes Lives: An Advocacy Resource. [

5. Literacy Entitlement Group:
Schools
Family Learning
Adult Learning
Libraries
Children’s Centres
Youth Services
Health
Leisure / Arts / Culture
Employers
Housing
Advice Services
Media
Economic Partnership and Children’s Trust

6. Outcomes of the Literacy Entitlement Group:
Collaborative Work
What’s My Story?
Two disciplines:
Libraries
Arts Development
Targeted those in greatest need
Diverse group
Built confidence
Developed new stories
Adapting practice approaches:
From:
To:
Schools (boys)
Social Services (men with MH needs)
Social Services
Children’s Centres
Health
Libraries
Arts
Policy Making

7. A specific project: Literacy Champions
Their job is to reach the parts that other services cannot.
Literacy Champions:
Are Front line workers or volunteers
Appreciate the value of literacy
Use their unique knowledge or expertise
They aren’t literacy experts
They do an awesome job…