Man Group’s Support for Literary Fiction and Literacy
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01 The Man Booker Prize 2007
The winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2007 was Anne Enright,
with The Gathering. Back to top
02 The Man Booker International Prize 2007
Chinua Achebe was the winner of the 2007 prize. The awards ceremony
took place at Oxford University in June 2007. Back
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03 Write to Life
We continued our support to Write to Life, a project run by the Medical
Foundation for the care of victims of torture, aimed at encouraging
torture survivors to express themselves through creative writing. Back
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04 Every Child a Reader
A donation of £1 million over three years was made to Every Child a
Reader, a £10 million programme which aims to provide Reading Recovery
teaching to 5,000 children, particularly those living in areas of high
social deprivation. Back to top
05 Kids Company
We also made a donation to Kids Company to pay for two Reading Recovery
teachers for two years. Reading Recovery aims to identify and help children
who, after a year of schooling, are struggling to learn to read and
write. Back to top
06 Book Aid International
We supported Book Aid International which promotes literacy in developing
countries, creating reading and learning opportunities to help disadvantaged
people realise their potential and escape poverty. Back
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07 Volunteer Reading Help
A donation was made to Volunteer Reading Help (VRH), a national charity
that helps disadvantaged children develop a love of reading and learning.
Volunteers are recruited and trained to work with children aged 6-11
years who find reading a challenge, and help them build self-esteem
and confidence through reading. Back to top
08 The Shannon Trust
We support the Shannon Trust, a charity devoted to the development of
literacy in prisons through peer-to-peer mentoring, encouraging and
helping prisons develop teams of inmates who run one-on-one lessons
for fellow prisoners. Back to top
09 Dyslexia Action
We are contributing £300,000 over the next three years towards the Partnership
for Literacy programme. This is Dyslexia Action’s early intervention
programme which helps to identify and support dyslexia in children in
primary school. Back to top
10 RNIB
We continued to support the RNIB’s Talking Book Service which gives
the joy of reading to people with sight problems. We provided funds
to enable the RNIB to record the shortlisted titles of the 2007 Man
Booker Prize. Back to top