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Small
grants scheme provides start-up costs for sustainable projects that
encourage home reading.
The scheme has already awarded £1.6 million for
innovative proposals which bring parents, carers and young people together
to read.
 Cunninghame
North MSP Allan Wilson is urging local parents and community groups to apply
for their share of £300,000 which is available for home reading projects
encouraging local kids’ to read.
The Scottish Executive’s Read Together! small grants scheme provides
start-up costs for sustainable projects that encourage home reading. Staff
costs, travel and subsistence are not funded. To be successful, applicants
must demonstrate the sustainability of their scheme.
The scheme has already awarded £1.6 million for innovative proposals which
bring parents, carers and young people together to read.
The Labour MSP said:
“We know that children who enjoy reading at home have a big head start in
the classroom.
“Parents and carers play a critical role in getting children enthusiastic
about reading. The funding available could support parents or community
groups to set up initiatives like a book bag club, or lending library which
will ultimately encourage reading at home.”
The closing date for applications is 31 May 2006. Application forms are
available from Learning and Teaching Scotland, Gardyne Road, Dundee, DD5
1NY, telephone 01382 443 600 and on the Read Together! Home Reading
Initiative website at
www.readtogether.co.uk. Applications received after this date will not
be considered.
Note:
The Home Reading Initiative, Read Together!, encourages parents and carers
to read with their child from a very early stage. The dedicated website
offers ideas about reading and recommended books, alongside encouragement
from Reading Champions of all ages, from all over Scotland:
www.readtogether.co.uk.
The Reading Champions include celebrities and authors such as JK Rowling,
Julia Donaldson, Nick Nairn and Sandy Lyle.
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