In Practice: Roundup - After-school investment
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
More than 50 new after-school clubs will be launched in London, the London Development Agency has announced.
The clubs will be set up through School Sports Partnerships and teachers, support staff and pupils will be trained to help run them. The move is part of efforts to ensure young people benefit from the 2012 Olympics.
The National Literacy Trust wants children's professionals to help shape its Talk to Your Baby campaign and is staging a series of free seminars this month and in April.
www.literacytrust.org.uk/talktoyourbaby
Early Support, the programme for families with disabled children, is trying to boost awareness of its work among health professionals with a roadshow touring the country from now until the summer. For more details of venues, email esroadshow@silentwave.co.uk
Children's minister Beverley Hughes will be speaking at an extended schools conference on 25 April organised by the Directory for Social Change and children's charity Barnardo's. For details call 0207 391 4894.
Egloskerry School in Cornwall has been awarded the Intermediate International Schools Award in recognition of its global partnership with a school in Kenya as part of its extended schools programme.
ContinYou's annual conference on 18 and 19 March in Birmingham will showcase innovative examples of work with children, families and communities, including projects from Northern Ireland. www.continyou.org.uk
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