Diana Gerald
@DianaJGerald
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CEO, BookTrust, MBE. All about getting children and families reading. Reading is for everyone. Views my own.
Joined August 2019
RT @Booktrust: We're big supporters of #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, which is organised by the brilliant team at @Place2Be. We're really exc…
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RT @NUTH0to19: How lovely that @frankcottrell_b the Children’s Laureate said that about our team. 🥰 “They were glowing with purpos…
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RT @Booktrust: "This isn't something that's just nice or lovely. It's something fundamental to becoming a human being." Waterstones @UKLau…
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RT @Booktrust: We were delighted to host the #ReadingRights summit with @frankcottrell_b today. It was a pleasure to have such expert, pas…
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A great discussion on the power of reading in the best start of life - including health visitors” role in supporting reading in the early years. And great kick off for today”s Reading rights summit in Liverpool with @frankcottrell_b @Booktrust 😊
If you only listen to one thing today, listen to two of my heroes - @frankcottrell_b and @SteveChalke - talk about children’s health, wellbeing, learning and love - from about 820 on @BBCr4today.
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RT @Booktrust: ... and hope the UK-Ukraine Schools Partnership provides moments of joy through reading for pleasure, for children who are e…
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RT @Booktrust: Our CEO @DianaJGerald said: "We strongly support @educationgovuk's commitment to the benefits that reading for enjoyment can…
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RT @Booktrust: At BookTrust, we believe every child deserves to experience the wonder of reading - not only does it support educationa…
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RT @Booktrust: The project will see 50 schools in the UK twinning with 50 schools in Ukraine to share their favourite stories, helping…
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RT @Booktrust: Today @BritishCouncil kicked off a reading for pleasure partnership between schools in the UK & Ukraine. We were delighted t…
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RT @bphillipsonMP: Leading from the front. At @educationgovuk, we're determined to give every child the best start in life and kinship car…
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RT @frankcottrell_b: I was on Desert Island in 2008. No one gets to do it twice. So this was like chosing your epitaph in chubby youth. An…
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Wonderful news - an OBE for the extraordinary artist and dancer Marianela Nuñez 😊
We're delighted to congratulate Marianela Nuñez as she is awarded as she is awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to dance in His Majesty The King’s New Year’s Honours. Marianela says: “I am deeply honoured and humbled to receive this OBE. I have been privileged to make The Royal Ballet my dancing home for over a quarter century, and receiving one of this country’s most special Honours means the world to me” Read more:
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Lovely from a lovely champion of #earlyyears
‘I feel really proud and honoured to be representing such a wonderful sector.’ Early education advocate Purnima Tanuku shares her reaction after learning she would be included in the King’s New Year’s Honours List.
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“I shall treasure it':Dame Jacqueline Wilson reacts to New Year's honour - BBC News” quote of the day from the creator of Tracy Beaker et al 😂“Just in a little way my books might have helped introduce children to the joys of reading “ @Booktrust
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RT @Booktrust: We're delighted that former #ChildrensLaureate @JackyWilsonHQ was awarded a Dame Grand Cross for services to literature in t…
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RT @Booktrust: Congratulations to National Day Nurseries CEO Purnima Murthy Tanuku who has been awarded a CBE for her services to Early Yea…
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A must listen exchange between two extraordinary advocates for children @lemmsissay and @FloellaBenjamin in conversation during her guest edit of @BBCr4today programme 😊@Booktrust
"To see this face on television - you were a ray of sunshine." @lemnsissay, British author and broadcaster who grew up in care, talks to #R4Today guest editor @FloellaBenjamin about the impact of seeing her on television during his childhood.
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RT @BBCr4today: “Happy people don’t burn down libraries.” Children's Laureate @frankcottrell_b ends his #R4Today guest edit by reflecting…
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