A number of the charity's volunteers are walking 10km, 5 or 2km around Shalford on Sunday 21st May. We wish to raise money to support our book presentation project in the schools we support. Each term we visit 10 local schools and present each child in Year 2 with a new book to keep. 

Let’s Read is passionate about the importance of literacy and tackling the problems of low literacy and the effect this has on the whole of our community. We currently support 10 schools across Woking, helping to improve reading abilities amongest pupils in Year 2. 

Poor literacy skills seriously disadvantage young people and greatly increase their risk of underachievement at school, truancy and experiencing social exclusion. Poor literacy in adults has been linked to unemployment, poverty, financial exclusion and offending behaviour. Lack of basic literacy skills is linked with low esteem, academic failure, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, delinquency, unemployment, low productivity and welfare dependence.

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