BookTrust: Understanding a disadvantaged target audience through a multifaceted research approach to create sustained behaviour change

BookTrust, a reading charity, transformed how it works to create lasting behaviour-change impact by sparking initial excitement and exploration of books and resources, making reading a part of everyday life, and supporting low-income UK families to discover the lifelong benefits of reading.

Summary

The need for all children to experience the benefits of reading has never been greater. At a time when the disadvantage gap is growing due to the cost-of-living crisis, and a cohort of children's development has been severely impacted by COVID restrictions, the benefits that reading brings related to well-being, empathy, realising new life-possibilities, and bettering educational outcomes can be life-changing. The success of BookTrust's new strategy to get children reading, focused on providing more support to families who need it most, therefore has huge implications for this generation of children.

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