The best place to start if you live in Devon and want help with reading – or want to point someone as to where they can go for help – is Devon’s Adult Learning centres. You will receive a friendly and helpful response when you drop in and lots of support! Advice is free – and there are plenty of free courses to sign up for.

For further information call in at your local Adult Learning Centre ( call 01392 386580 for general help and to find out where your nearest centre is) or click on the site below for more help: Adult Learning - How to improve your Maths or English

The official website of the campaign is www.yearofreading.org.uk and this gives you lots of fresh ideas for enjoying and developing reading.

The best site for in-depth support for promoting reading is The Reading Agency.

A great place to start if you want to know about children’s books and authors is The Reading Zone.

This site is really useful for highlighting the key to successful reading – enjoying it!. Go to www.enjoyingreading.org.uk for some terrific ideas.

This Vital Link has created resources to support use of the new Quick Reads titles. These resources provide a ‘way in’ to using the books in a range of settings through ideas for discussion and extension activities. They also include suggestions for other reading materials, printed and online, an curriculum references for the main learning points. www.vitallink.org.uk

If you have other information that you think would be helpful to other people using this page please send it to rmkirk@onetel.net.

ADULT LEARNERS’ WEEK

Adult Learners' Week is the UK’s largest and longest running learning campaign. Held each May, it encourages thousands of adults whatever their age or background to give learning a go – either to catch up with new skills, or to learn for fun.

Adult Learners’ Week is all about celebrating and raising awareness of the fact that we all learn everyday, often without realising it. And that taking the next step and going on a course needn’t be like going back to school.

For further information go to www.devon.gov.uk/max_debut.htm