Adult Literacy Trust

The Adult Literacy Trust, or ALT, provides adults the opportunity to break the cycle of exclusion and poor literacy by providing personalised tutoring in basic reading skills, delivered through a network of skilled volunteers. Through one-to-one instruction, the charity is dedicated to ensuring that individuals who wish to improve their literacy skills receive the help they need to become successful readers, and to increase their life chances. When adults learn to read, it better prepares them to live out their roles in the community as parents, workers and citizens. Teaching an adult to read can have a profound and lasting impact on their ability to function successfully within society, by... read more The Adult Literacy Trust, or ALT, provides adults the opportunity to break the cycle of exclusion and poor literacy by providing personalised tutoring in basic reading skills, delivered through a network of skilled volunteers. Through one-to-one instruction, the charity is dedicated to ensuring that individuals who wish to improve their literacy skills receive the help they need to become successful readers, and to increase their life chances. When adults learn to read, it better prepares them to live out their roles in the community as parents, workers and citizens. Teaching an adult to read can have a profound and lasting impact on their ability to function successfully within society, by improving their ability to find and retain decent-paying jobs, actively engage in community activities, and help informed decisions that can ensure healthy lives. ALT's mission is to recruit and train volunteer tutors who provide instruction to adults in reading, targeting the staggering number of adults in the UK who have poor literacy, lacking basic skills beyond primary school level or less. Individual tuition is provided to adult students, free of charge. The organisation works with a number of teaching institutions, as well as local authorities and libraries, to source adult learners who can benefit from reading tuition.