Young People
It can be tough to get young people reading for pleasure. With so many things competing for their free time, survey after survey has found that young people's interest in reading can drop off - particularly once they get to secondary school.
However, we know that if you capture a young person's imagination and get him or her involved then they can, and do, get fired up by reading.
We are an entrepreneurial charity with a strategic approach to library innovation, working alongside national and local partners to achieve greater community impact. We work predominantly with the public sector to get more people reading more. Commissioned by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to deliver the national young people's library improvement strategy, we put 11 to 19 year-olds firmly at the centre.
Our approach combines strategic thinking and new business models which demonstrate the Library Offer to Young People at its best. In 2009/10 we worked with over 75 library services to actively engage 12,500 young people, often from deprived neighbourhoods.
Read the Young people achievements report here.