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We target our work at disadvantaged families across Wandsworth. We help young children start school ready to read. We help primary-age children develop a love of reading, while building reading skills and confidence. We encourage and equip parents to support their children’s learning at home.
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Situation
Literacy empowers and liberates. Children eligible for free school meals are less likely to read well and can be up to a year behind wealthier children before even starting school. They then become adults whose reading skills are inadequate to fully access modern daily life, with worse physical and mental health and a greater likelihood of being unemployed - trapped in poverty as a result. In 2023, 25% of pupils leaving Wandsworth primary schools missed the Government’s expected reading targets.
Solution
We aim to break the cycle of illiteracy and poverty, transforming children's lives. Our classes for 0-4 year olds and their parents, focusing on songs, stories and speaking & listening games, prepare children to be ready to read when they start primary school. We offer weekly one-to-one support from trained volunteers for primary-age children struggling with reading, building reading skills, confidence and enthusiasm. And we empower parents to support their children's reading journey at home.
