As Bev Hampshire, at First Start Children's Centre in Sheffield, says, 'REAL is one of the few projects where parents do not drop out. They all start off well and see it through, finding the experience enjoyable and productive for their children.'
Ms Hampshire underwent training to deliver REAL (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy) in 2010, when she was employed at the children's centre as a key worker. Because the programme proved so effective, the centre looked at how it could concentrate its approach, and the decision was made for Ms Hampshire to move to working on intervention projects full-time, as a supernumerary.
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