I AM delighted to have received so much interest in the Reading Families Millennium Award scheme and hope that many more readers will contact us to apply for a Millennium Award of up to £3,000 to support ideas for getting local families reading together.
The Reading Families Award Scheme is funded by a Millennium Commission grant of £1.2million.
Millennium Awards is a unique programme of small grants which enable individual people across the UK to put their ideas into action.
The ideas we have heard so far have been refreshingly creative and have included: helping prisoners write stories and record them on tape for their children; creating a community website; turning family stories into a play; and working with children and grandparents together to improve their computing skills.
It is not too late to apply. Just call Helen Russell at the Campaign for Learning on 020 7976 2011.
Completed forms need to be in by November 12.
BILL LUCAS,
chief executive,
The Millennium
Commission.
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