The idea of a National Year of Communication was outlined in the government's Better Communication action plan in December 2008, but it has taken until now for the plans to be confirmed.
Next week the government is expected to announce that a consortium of voluntary and community organisations have been awarded a contract to run the year in 2011.
Under the banner of The Communication Trust, they will champion the need to improve speech and language services for children.
Anita Kerwin-Nye, director of the trust and Communication Council representative for the voluntary sector, says the year will extend the trust's existing work of raising awareness of children's communication needs among the workforce. She believes it is also an ideal opportunity to focus on areas that have thus far been lacking - namely, improving speech and language support in schools.
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