Boromi pilot play library Preston has been chosen as one of the areas to pilot a £250,000 community play library project. A network of community play li
Urgent rethink calls at Ingol roadworks amid reports of multiple crashes in daysA network of community play libraries is to be set up across the North after education charity SHINE awarded £249,000 to fund a major new project for early years children.
However, its creator Evie Keough also explained that “working through school settings alone will not be enough. We need to also be working in a way where we’re able to reach younger children, from birth”. “Schools will remain central to what we do, but we will be working deeper into communities through settings such as libraries, children’s centres, food banks and family hubs.She added: “Our long-term ambition is to develop a national infrastructure of free, accessible and hands-on play support that families can access within their local community. Our priority is to identify cold spots, finding local communities where the need is greatest, where the support doesn’t currently exist.
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