Springboard for Children

nearly 4 million children in the uk are growing up in poverty and disadvantage, putting them at significant risk of literacy failure. (child poverty action group 2016) despite small improvements in closing the gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, if we continue at this pace the uk will lose at least 3 generations before equality is reached. inequalities do transmit into later life outcomes, where young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are less likely to continue into further or higher education and, without the basics in literacy, will have lower average earnings, poorer health and greater propensity to become involved with crime. (education policy institutes ‘closing the gap’ report 2017) the children’s literacy charity exists to change the lives of children and young people. our vision is to see all underachieving children recognise their value and achieve their true potential, and we can do this by providing individualised early intervention literacy teaching and b