It was great to welcome the Mayor and Sheriff of Gloucester to the final Not so Secret Book Club. The Mayor read the children a poem and gave them all a Mayor’s award for their commitment to reading over the summer.
We were also really pleased to see community builders Agnes and Rae from Gloucester Community Building Collective, and Les Jevins from Podsmead Big Local.
We started the literacy scheme in Podsmead before lockdown with a view to helping local children to access reading. As schools start to go back we will look to do more events in Podsmead and the surrounding areas.
I would like to thank Ross Nicholl and The Club at Tuffley Park CiC for the use of the facilities during the summer, my wife Vicki Field for all the help with this project, and Linda Cohen for being the driving force behind the whole Read with Me enterprise. Thank you also to the parents and children who have attended and made it all so worthwhile, and to the many kind residents who donated books.
We will be returning in October half term and at other times before and after so keep checking in for news.