Celebrating Success

Case Studies

SHARE - Support to literacy and numeracy through family learning

Share is a very flexible, fun, hands on approach to family learning, parenting and involving parents in their children's learning. It aims to improve family relationships, the partnership between parents and their child’s school, the educational attainment and achievement of children, self-esteem, confidence, parents’ motivation and social interaction within the community. It is used in over 100 other local authorities, and is supported by the national charity, Continyou. more.....

Refresh (coffee shop)

Refresh is a coffee shop that opened recently within Crown Wood School. The school is also home to a congregation of Easthampstead Baptist Church. It was the members of this congregation that saw the opportunity to open a coffee shop in the community so that the local people had a comfortable place to meet with their friends. The hope is that it will contribute to the school becoming the social hub of Crown Wood. more...

Coffee Pop-In

In September 2007 Binfield library opened its doors to parents and carers of pre school children and parents that have dropped their children off at school as part of extended services work in the area. Through the Binfield extended services area steering group consultation, it was identified that there was no social meeting place in the village for parents to meet up and socialise after the school drop off. more...