About Up for Reading
Up for Reading is a sponsored reading event that can be
easily completed alongside everyday reading activities at nursery, school
or home, by themselves or with friends or family.
Up for Reading simply involves encouraging children to
read or listen to books for just a few minutes every day for one week and asking family and friends
to sponsor them.
Children can read or listen to books in a group or by themselves, at school
or at home.
Get involved
Schools, nurseries, Down syndrome support groups and individual families
and children can easily take part in
Up for Reading at any time before 31st July 2009.
Why Up for Reading?
The Up for Reading campaign promotes the benefits of reading
and literacy for all children, including children with Down syndrome.
Up for Reading is a fun and enjoyable and educational way
for children, schools and nurseries everywhere to engage in reading and to
raise money to support
the additional needs of young people with Down syndrome.
Reading is a particularly appropriate theme for our charity, as learning
to read is a strength for many young children with Down syndrome.
Up for Reading prizes
Every child who takes part in Up for Reading will have
the opportunity to win one of our fabulous Up for Reading
prizes.
Find out more about the Up for Reading prizes
How Up for Reading helps children with Down syndrome
Up for Reading is organised by
Down Syndrome Education International to raise funds for its
work to further improve support for young people
with Down syndrome in the UK and around the world.
Down Syndrome Education International is a leading charity that works to understand
the particular difficulties faced by young people with Down syndrome and how we
can best help them to achieve more.
Up for Reading also helps local Down syndrome support groups, schools
and nurseries raise funds for their own work. Up
for Reading USA helps the new nonprofit Down Syndrome Education USA.