Green Bean Studios Partners with Vision for Literacy Business Pledge 2024

4/23/2024

There’s a cost of literacy crisis gripping our nation. That’s why we’ve joined forces with more than 100 UK businesses to address falling literacy levels and improve the life chances of young people today by signing the @NationalLiteracyTrust’s Vision for Literacy Business Pledge 2024, with support from @KPMGUK.

Low literacy stifles children’s potential and hampers economic growth, especially impacting those in disadvantaged communities.

At Green Bean Studios we believe that where you’re born and how wealthy your parents are shouldn’t determine where you end up. Empowering young people with strong literacy skills means they’re able to go after the life they want.

Green Bean's Garden | Award-winning book to get children back into a love of reading

Over the next year, we will collaborate with our employees and customers, work with our local communities and leverage our networks to empower more children and young people with the vital literacy skills they need to succeed, ensuring a brighter future for all. Celebrating 100 Storytime Events with Green Bean and Friends. Together, we can change the nation’s story.

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Latest Stats

Nine children in every reception classroom are already falling behind. Many will never catch up if we don’t act now.
Every September, more than 185,000 five-year-olds start primary school without essential communication, literacy, and language skills, costing our economy £830 million every year. This is a crisis we can’t afford to ignore.
Children’s enjoyment of reading has hit a crisis point. Reading for pleasure leads to better academic and wellbeing outcomes for children but, last year, the National Literacy Trust reported that less than half of children and young people read for pleasure in their spare time – the lowest since their records began in 2005. We must act now to help children discover a love of reading that can transform their life chances.
Many children are facing barriers to accessing books, with 1 in 7 state primary schools in the UK not having a library, rising to 1 in 4 in disadvantaged communities. This means that 750,000 children are missing out on the many benefits of reading – from better results at school to improved wellbeing.
And we’re already feeling the impact. 7 in 10 employers are concerned about young people’s literacy and numeracy skills when entering the workplace. Last year, a third of young people left school without at least a grade 4/C in GCSE English, presenting a significant barrier to employment.