Family Reading Matters
A strategy to support literacy in the home
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Family Reading Matters is delivered by the NLT on behalf of the DCSF
Case studies: Community
Story Sessions - Barnardo's Social Inclusion Service and Cornwall Library Services
- signed story sessions and an arts day at the Eden Project
Bolton Literacy Trust
- promoting reading through family learning activities
Extra Time gets RaW with the BBC, Liverpool
- how Everton FC is promoting storytelling and community cohesion
The Federation of Children's Book Groups
- examples of activities and events
Reading Is Fundamental, UK
- an initiative allowing children to choose and keep free books and take part in fun events with their families
Storytelling workshops, Read a Million Words, Bristol
- encouraging parents to use story sacks and make up stories, as part of a Bristol-wide reading initiative
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