Case studies
Get inspiration from examples of best practice.
Overview: Libraries and Bookstart - examples of innovative good practice in Kingston Library Services
Emma Burnside of Kingston Library Services has written an article on working with Libraries and Bookstart and how practice has developed over the last ten years
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Working with groups at risk of social exclusion
Refugees and asylum seekers
Foleshill Children's Centre, Coventry
How monthly Bookstart sessions have been helping refugee and asylum families feel more part of the local community and encourage them to make use of local services.
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Reaching mothers in prison
York
Regular Bookstart visits to mothers inside HMP Askham Grange in York have yielded positive outcomes.
Click here to download Mothers at Askham Grange Prison (Word doc 26Kb)
Fathers in prison
Lancashire
Bookstart joins up with an existing family literacy project in Lancashire to strengthen bonds between fathers in prison and their families.
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Homeless families
Wigan
Specially designed story sessions help homeless families benefit from the Bookstart programme.
Click here to download Homeless Families (Word doc 27Kb)
Traveller families
Wigan
Bookstart reaches children at travellers' sites in Wigan through the introduction of weekly children's activities.
