The national campaign helping more of us to rediscover a love for reading
2026 is the National Year of Reading, a national campaign to help more people discover or rediscover a love of reading. Led by the National Lottery-funded National Literacy Trust, Department for Education and a range of partners, it’s all about getting people reading for fun again.
National Year of Reading
2026 is the National Year of Reading, a once-in-a-generation campaign helping more people discover, or rediscover, a love of reading.
The campaign is a collaboration between the Department for Education and the National Lottery-funded National Literacy Trust, along with a coalition of charities and more than 50 partners. They’re coming together to tackle a worrying trend - reading for pleasure among 8 to18-year-olds at its lowest level in 20 years in 2025.
The National Year of Reading is here to change that, by encouraging people of all ages to see reading in a new way, whether that’s through books, podcasts, comics, blogs or more.
About the National Literacy Trust
For more than 30 years, the National Literacy Trust has supported people across the UK to build the literacy skills they need in everyday life.
With 22 grants totalling over £7.75 million from The National Lottery, it has delivered projects of all shapes and sizes in communities nationwide.
Read on to learn more about the National Year of Reading and discover how National Lottery funding is making a difference.
The campaign helping us fall back in love with reading
The National Year of Reading is well underway, with events and activities taking place across the UK to reignite the nation’s love of reading and respond to a worrying trend - reading for pleasure among 8 to 18-year-olds falling to its lowest level in 20 years in 2025.