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Press and Media
This section is dedicated to journalists. Here you'll find all
our latest press releases and feature articles, including press
releases produced during the Hello campaign.
Press releases (click on each to download the
pdf)
- Secondary
Progression Tools launch, 16th March 2015
- Shine a Light Awards Ceremony, 3rd April
2014
- Championing the communication needs of young people
- Shine a Light Awards return for 2013/14 11th November
2013
- One million pupils down pens to focus on speaking
and listening in the classroom No Pens Day Wednesday 9th
October 2013
- The Trust and RCSLT repsonse to Ofqual decision
to stop speaking and listening assessments from counting
towards final grades in GCSE English and English language 30th
August 2013
- What Works for children with speech, language and
communication needs, 25th March 2013
- Communication coalition calls for schools to act as
children's speech and language needs go unmet, 16th January
2013
- The
Trust reponds to publication of the Better Communication Research
Programme, 27th December 2012
- The Trust's response to the Education Select
Committee report, 19th December 2012
- National year of communication significantly boosts
public awareness of key life skill from worryingly low levels,
12th December 2012
- Communication coalition to contribute to
Breakthrough Britain II, 29th November 2012
- Awards
'shine a light' on good communicators, 21st November 2012
- Half a million school children put down pens and
pick up language, 10th October 2012
- Look who's talking - new films show speech and
language development from child's view, 6th September 2012
- Communication Coalition welcomes Children and
Families Bill, 3rd September 2012
- Pens outlawed for day on October 10th 2012 for
pupils and teachers, 6th August 2012
- Communication coalition welcomes new Director,
2nd August 2012
- Leading communication coalition welcomes Children
and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum report, 27th July
2012
- Ofcom study suggests 'texting is overtaking talking
in UK', 18th July 2012
- Shine a Light Awards are back for 2012 with new
categories - could you be a winner?, 5th July 2012
- Communication coalition welcomes language emphasis
in Nutbrown's landmark review, 20th June 2012
- Decoding phonics for children with SLCN, 30th
May 2012
- Leading
academics launch campaign to raise awareness of a condition
affecting at least one child in every classroom, 18th May
2012
- Response to the SEN Progress Report, 15th May
2012
- Talking is
just the ticket on school's museum visit, 14th May 2012
- Sentence Trouble Film Launch, 23rd April
2012
- The
Communication Trust bids fond farewell to Director, 19th April
2012
- Communication
Trust concerned about closure of the ACE Centre in Oxford, 10th
April 2012
- Intervention
for language delayed children launched at Cracking Communication
conference, 29th March 2012
- Communication
lobby lends its voice to EYFS announcement, 29th March
2012
-
Finding the 'invisible' voice of children with speech and language
needs, 12th March 2012
-
Jean Gross' Two Years On Report press release, 16th January
2012
Jean
Gross Two Year Report, 16th January. Please click here
to download the report 2012
- TCT
response to Jean Gross Two Year Report, 16th January 2012
Communication
Champion's CBE welcomed by Hello campaign leaders,
31st Dececmber 2011
- Holding out
for our Hello Heroes, 22nd December 2011
- Speech,
language and communication primed to become key part of National
Curriculum from 2014, 20th December 2011
- Communication
consortium expresses concern about Phonics Screening check, 9th
December 2011
- Shine a
Light winners, 23rd November 2011
- The
Communication Trust welcomes extension of Early Support, 17th
November 2011
- ES
Trust Consortium celebrates extension of Early Support, 17th
November 2011
-
Early Language Development Programme announcement, 4th November
2011
- National
Year of Communication Parliamentary Event, 19th October
2011
No
Pens Day Wednesday, 28th September 2011
-
I CAN's Dawn House School taking part in No Pens Day Wednesday,
21st September 2011
- Talk and
Go press release, 10th August 2011
- Talk Gym
press release, 19th July 2011
- Response
to Government's revised Early Years Strategy, 6th July
2011
-
BT Balanced Communication Diet press release, 5th July
2011
- I
CAN and Afasic SLI Handbook press release, 4th July
2011
-
Bristol Early Communication Research press release, 30th June
2011
-
Lost for Words: Lost for Life conference press release, 22nd
June 2011
- Other Ways of
Speaking press release, 10th June 2011
- National
Family Week press release, 1st June 2011
-
Raa Raa Programe launch release, 9th May 2011
- Shine a
Light press release, 5th May 2011
-
Gender Communication Survey press release, 4th May
2011
-
Jean Gross response to Gender Communication Survey press
release, 4th May 2011
-
Talk to Your Baby press release, 9th March 2011
- I
CAN's Chatterbox Challenge press release, 10th February
2011
- Communication
survey results press release, 31st January 2011
- King's Speech
response press release, 13th January 2011
- Hello
2011 press release, 7th January 2011