This important report, written by Helen Carpenter, summarises the Reading and Libraries Challenge Fund, which was launched in 2003 and was “one of Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s earliest Special Initiatives. Administered through the Foundation’s Social Justice programme, the Fund sought to encourage work by libraries and other institutions to improve access to books and reading among young people and others experiencing disadvantage, including refugees, asylum seekers and care leavers.” [p3]
“Working with children and young people in care – the ‘library journey’”
“This chart shows the ‘journey’ that library services can take, from providing very little, if any, services to looked-after children