The Campaign Champions
Champions support and promote the mission of helping everyone who can
read to teach all those who struggle with reading.
Sarah Miles - international film, theatre and tv actress, author and spiritual healer.
Her Excellency Mrs Fatima Maada Bio,
First Lady of Sierra Leone aims to make Sierra Leone the first Commonwealth country to eliminate illiteracy, with the help of
Teach a friend to read.
Duncan Nzangi,
CEO of Light of Hope Youth Initiative International
in Machakos County Kenya
Her Excellency
Dorothy Kamwilu,
Education Attache Kenyan
High Commission London
David Walliams
actor, comedian, bestselling writer and television personality
Minette Walters
International best selling
queen of psychological thriller
and prison reform campaigner
Russell Brand
comedian, actor, radio host, writer and activist.
The Rt. Hon. Caroline Dinenage Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Family Justice
Peter James
International best selling author
Jilly Cooper O.B.E
International bestselling
adult and children’s author
Jonathan Aitken
An author, former MP, former Cabinet Minister & former prisoner. He is a well known and highly respected campaigner for prison reform and a CSJ Fellow
Paddy Richardson
Award-winning, New Zealand psychological thriller writer
The Rev'd Dr Anthony Michael Moore
Vicar of St Margaret's of Antioch, Rottingdean
Val McDermid
celebrated, international best selling Scottish crime writer
Erwin James,
Chief Editor of Inside Time, journalist, trustee and patron of several prison and ex-offender charities, author of
A Life Inside, The Home Stretch; Redeemable.
Roger Tucker
Film & TV director
Hollyoaks, Lovejoy,
Soldier Soldier
Nick Dry
Head Teacher, St Nicholas Community Primary Special School
The Reverend Father Martin Morgan, Anglican Priest, author & comedy script writer
Julia Killick CBE Ret. Governor
Her Majesty’s Prison and Young Offenders institution, Holloway
Damien Jordan
Headteacher Fairlight Primary School
Miriam Mason-Sesay MBE
Co-founder and
Country Director EducAid Sierra Leone
Victoria Aseervatham
Commissioner for Rough sleepers
& homelessness services for
The City of Westminster
Tracey Edwards,
Literacy and Special Needs campaigner
Daniel Frampton,
Literacy campaigner & volunteer for
We CAN read, Gosport
and Fareham
Dr Gordon Ade-Ojo
Network and Partnership Coordinator,
Dpt.of Secondary Education, Language and Literacy Education,
University of Greenwich.
Andy Paradise
RAF Veteran and
Founder of Read and Grow
Ian Brodigan
Printer and Literacy Campaigner
Linda Curtiss and Una Sadler
Founders of
We CAN Read, Gosport UK
Steve O'Brien
Chief Executive Officer at Dyslexia Foundation
Jules Ward
Community Engagement Worker
Gosport Voluntary Action
Hassan Kamara
Chairman of
All Works of Life Sierra Leone
Alina Madadi
Hawaiian English teacher and literacy champion.
Chris Orman
Founder of
The Bouncing Ball Trust
Beth Thomas-Hancock
Volunteering and Mentoring Manager
Active Student Volunteering Service
University of Brighton
Jo Tew
Assistant Director in Film and Television
BK Duncan
Change management consultant
and author
Ange Tyler
Chief Executive Capital Talent & Griffin School Trust
