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Our work in Lewisham

We are delighted to be working with the London Borough of Lewisham to deliver Making it REAL as part of a three-year funded early literacy programme between 2021 and 2024.

Funded by a grant from the Charity of Sir Richard Whittington (for which the Mercers' Company is corporate trustee) and in partnership with Lewisham local authority, this ambitious three-year programme aims to deliver Making it REAL across the borough, ensuring all pre-school children benefit.

The programme

Making it REAL (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy) is an award-winning programme that trains and supports practitioners to develop children’s early literacy. The programme helps practitioners to build parents’ knowledge and confidence so that they can support their children and create a positive early home learning environment.

Sharing REAL with Parents aims to build parents’ confidence in how they can support literacy within the home and help their children’s learning and development in communication and language.

Our approach

Working in close partnership with Lewisham local authority, local providers and families, through the three-year programme:

  • every early years setting in Lewisham will be offered one-day introductory training in the Making it REAL approach
  • 60 settings will receive in-depth training and support to deliver the Making it REAL programme directly with families, reaching 460 children over the three-year period
  • ‘Sharing REAL with parents’ workshops will be available to parents with pre-school children
  • there will be the opportunity to attend network events and workshops to support practitioners to embed the approach

At the end of the three years, our ambition is for Making it REAL to be truly embedded within the borough of Lewisham, leaving a sustainable legacy to support young children in Lewisham and providing an evidence of what can be achieved through an authority wide approach.

If you would like more information about the programme contact screek@ncb.org.uk

If you work in an early years setting or as a childminder in Lewisham, please visit Making it REAL Lewisham  for more information on what’s happening and when.

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