There is a wealth of evidence to show that children benefit from someone reading aloud to them. We are launching the Ten Minutes A Day Program on Thursday 3 September at 11am to encourage parents and carers to spend ten minutes a day reading to children. Thank you to the sponsor Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation, and the Smith Family who are administering the funds. It provides extra resources for the program and specialist training for staff. The launch is the opportunity for Newcastle Permanent to be thanked for their generous funding. Get Reading!