Authors including Sir Michael Morpurgo and Malorie Blackman have written an open letter urging the government to invest in early years reading. A BookTrust survey suggests that only half of children aged between one and two from low-income families are read to daily. The letter notes that some families struggle to access books and support. "It is not right that children from poorer backgrounds are deprived of a life that is rich in reading," it says. Signatories…

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LTR has been engaged by one of the Government's leading education teams to develop and share it's best reading practices across the whole of the Eastern Region. The Highfield 'Stronger Practice Hub', based in Ipswich has commissioned LTR to develop it's work with Early Years settings and turn this into guidance for settings across East Anglia. The work will begin at the end of January 2024 and will include our work on Storytimes, mini-libraries for settings…

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LTR is very grateful to the SE Area Committee of the Borough Council for giving it a grant of £4,000 to continue its work in the area. At a SEAC meeting on Wednesday 13th September, the committee was very complimentary about LTR's work over the last 7 years and recognised that its focus was entirely aligned with the committee's key priorities. They particularly liked LTR's work with parents and babies, in the Let's Talk Babies sessions, and the gifting of free books. They noted that LTR had helped over 4,000 people in…

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The leading adult literacy charity, Read Easy Ipswich, has decided to amalgamate with LTR, forming a total team of 46 volunteers. The group will continue as an identifiable team within LTR, ably managed by Alison Stewart-Wheeler and Jenny Rivett. The combined team will have more scope to grow and support more services to improve literacy across Ipswich.

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The Cooperative Bank Plc has awarded LTR a grant of £1,000 to develop its services across Ipswich.

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LTR has been awarded £9,999 by the Lottery 'Awards for All' fund. John Helleur, Chair of LTR said that this is a major step forward for the local charity as it starts to bring in substantial funding from outside of Ipswich. "This grant enables us to build on our most successful year in 22/23 with the funding to start setting up further PEEP parents and babies sessions in several parts of the town" "This growth now means that we need more volunteers to deliver our services. If you want to kelp, please get in touch with Jess on 07763 702 267."

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