Right to Read Award for Cavan County Council

Cavan County Council is pleased to announce that it has received the Right to Read Champions Award for 2019, which recognises its commitment to the promotion of literary skills through various initiatives such as ‘Spring into Storytime’, Summer Stars Reading program, services to schools, Children’s Book Festival, and Family Day.

The Right to Read action plan is implemented nationally in each local authority, based on the national guidelines, to create and maintain an environment aware of literacy needs and one which supports and leads on literacy development throughout the local authority.

The delivery of the Right to Read programme in Cavan is led by the dedicated staff of Cavan County Library Service, and is overseen by Fiona Burke, Right to Read Co-ordinator.

County Librarian Emma Clancy paid tribute to Fiona and the staff in every branch library across Cavan who are committed to improving literacy levels through the provision of top quality reading material, online resources and event programming.