United Kingdom Literacy Association
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The United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) is a registered charity
in the United Kingdom
which aims to promote good practice and raise standards in literacy
. It was founded in 1963 as the United Kingdom Reading Association, but changed its name in 2003.
Charitable trust
A charitable trust is an irrevocable trust established for charitable purposes, and is a more specific term than "charitable organization".-United States:...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
which aims to promote good practice and raise standards in literacy
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
. It was founded in 1963 as the United Kingdom Reading Association, but changed its name in 2003.