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?'~LLO ~~ 7 'a Library services provision —improving literacy for children and families through neighbourhood based reading programmes Neighbourhood Services Overview ### The Council's Neighbourhood ### Services section delivers ### community and library services ### to people who live and work in ### Leicester City. ### A network of 28 facilities, ### i ncluding 9Multi-Service ### centres: - 16 library service points - 16 community centres ### offering room hire - Ward &Community ### Engagement Team munit~5 Room Hire ome Library Service Enquiries ESOL groups Ward funding Wi-Fi Welfare Advice Sessions Lunch clubs Exercise groups Bookbus Adult Learning Sessions Ward Meeting Support Study Support e-Books Craft groups Computer courses Class visits Performances Author visits Special Printing Cultural celebrations Books Community meetings nce grou ~.ibrary reading programmes: national and local strategic context Neighbourhood Services are committed to the Universal Offers developed by Libraries Connected and supported Arts Council England: - Reading —Goal:"To help create a more literate and confident society by developing, delivering and promoting reading activities in Neighbourhood facilities" Other Universal Offers are linked: Health - Culture - Digital Reading: The National Context "Reading and literacy are two of the most fundamental skills in life... Reading for pleasure is important. Research suggests that both children and adults who do this are healthier, happier and more confident than those who don't. Libraries contribute to this by running reading programmes, hosting book clubs, and by providing advice and guidance to help people extend and develop their reading choices" DCMS Report -Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016 to 2021 Libraries: Reading core offer - Provision of quality book stock for a l l ages and backgrounds. - City-wide reading events programme - Toddler Time (under 5s) weekly sessions - Family focus —promotion of reading from the very earliest years to create lifelong readers - Complementing work undertaken by schools —promoting reading for pleasure - Study support at 11 libraries ~i+~ f:n ~~ ~ ~eP t° i i T #### . :~_ I L-L 1__ Reading Programmes: Early Years and Boo ksta rt Focus: developing language and pre-reading skills - Bookstart programme — Over £200,000 of books &resources received through Book Trust — Book gifting to babies t-~ — through Health visitors — Leicester's reach for distribution of packs is 93% ~. — Book corner —targeted interventions ~ `~ N - Foundation Stage — Sharing books at home — Treasure Box Gifting —Early Years Settings — 94% delivery — Packs delivered through Foundation Stage 2 settings — Time to read — (delivered in 68 foundation settings) ~! y h `~Y ~a: q ~.~~~ ;, - : 1 1 ~~ ~ ~ ~ ' ~ '~ ' k ~1, ~, _` ~? ~lu,~~ ~<... Primary school children: Our Best Book Our Best Bool< — Developed and led by Leicester Libraries — Four aims: - Inspire and motivate children in Year 5 or Year 6 to be active readers - Develop and support reading for pleasure - Develop awareness of new titles/authors - Provide schools with multiple copies of great accessible books — Key transition period for children's reading — 44 city primary schools participated 2019 — 2,500 yrs 5/6 children participated — Funded by contribution from each school Our Best Boo k - Development —Our Best Picture Book Jan 2020 ### — Led by Whatever It Takes ### (WIT) reading campaign - Will focus on KS1 children — Pilot 10 schools Parents involved in voting for best Summer Reading Challenge 2019: "Space Chase" - Target participation: 7000 children already exceeded - Summer Reading Challenge —read 6 books over the summer and collect rewards! - Programme of Activities at ALL city libraries to increase engagement - Family Fun Days - Partners — Schools — Children, Young People and Family Centres — Spark Arts — National Space centre — Curve — Festivals — Public Health - Strong volunteer support (approx. 40 volunteers in libraries) Family Reading Programmes Summer Scheme for Adults! — Space to Read Everybody's Reading Programme — Celebration of reading in and around Leicester neighbourhoods and communities — 1St — 31St October — Neighbourhood Services key partner — 35 reading based events in libraries &community centres Joint projects with CABALS Family Learning eg School Readiness Programme and Prison family visits Leicester Writers Showcase — Create a space to engage Leicester writers with their local readership — Monthly event at Central Library — Role of libraries: from reading to writing Jimmy's Book Club Reading groups — eg Westcotes Reading Group formed from friends meeting at Toddler Time Creative & CuIturaI Programmes Bringingreadingandlanguage to life - Imaginative Neighbourhoodsprojects — Arts Councilfunded(4x£90k projects) — Working inpartnership withSparl<Arts — Targetedinterventions within Neighbourhoods — Artistsinresidence - Among IdealFriends-Touring performances — High qualityperformancesinlocal librariesand communitycentres — Regionalapproachworking with east midlandslibraryauthorities — GirlofInk andStarsSummer 2019 Impact OurBestBool<—Teachers: "OurBestBookhas hugelyimpacted uponthechildren's r eading. Theirattitudetowardsreading haspositively improved, mostnotablyamongst boys.I believethisisrelated tothe `malefriendly' books" "...theimpact of the `BestBook scheme'has encouraged c hildren to tale ownership overwhatthey read and given them apurposefor reading for pleasure other than beingtold to." "OurBestBook hasinspiredeven the mostreluctant readers to pickup a book and develop reading for pleasure."
