The
Rotary Club of Nottingham working in partnership with Nottingham City Council
started a Dolly Parton Imagination Library earlier this year. Based at the Bilborough Childrens’ Centre
this was the first partnership established in a programme that will extend to
cover the whole City. As a contribution
towards the national Early Intervention initiative Imagination Libraries send
registered children a free book every month from birth until they are five
years old. This way it is hoped that
Nottingham children’s literacy levels can be raised to a more acceptable level.
Initial
funding for the project has come from various local public and private
charitable funds. The latest large
donation of £2,500 has been received from the Nottingham office of St. James’s
Place Wealth Management. Even though
they are a national organisation St. James’s Place Foundation Trust ensure that
their local offices are able to support good causes. Local Senior Partner David Carter says, “The
St. James's Place Foundation is delighted to be able to support this very
worthwhile cause. Child literacy is such an important issue for the self esteem
of the individual and the future of the country".
The
Rotary Club have been working with various local organisations and hope to be
able to announce a major development for the Imagination Library into a
deprived inner city area around the turn of the year.
Readers
wishing to donate, learn more about the Rotary Club of Nottingham and the Dolly
Parton Imagination Library should go to the Rotary Club of Nottingham web site
at http://www.rotary1220.org/not
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Further information
Leonard Gelblum
0115 947 4123
07977 249 869
NOTES FOR EDITORS
About Rotary:
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more than 55,000 members.
Rotary International was
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organisation with 1.2 million professional men and women as members. There are
33,000 clubs in 200 countries and geographical areas.
Rotary clubs are open to
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