Rebecca Green, project manager of Early Reading Connects, said that around 30 new members a week are joining the scheme.
'To be able to reward our 1,000th member with a prize to help them continue their brilliant work is such a pleasure,' she said.
The DCSF-funded project was launched last October with the aim of instilling a love of language and reading in young children. It is based on the four themes of the EYFS (News, 11 September).
The website at www.earlyreadingconnects.org.uk offers ideas, case studies and forums for practitioners to share tips and advice.
Bayswater Children's Centre manager Sally Rivlin said she was excited about putting the project's tips into practice, particularly with dual-language families in the local community, who include many Bengali and Arabic speakers.
Ms Rivlin said, 'We're a universal service and we're trying to reach families who don't access mainstream services or maybe feel isolated because English is not their first language.
'We emphasise that it's important to talk to your children in whatever language you feel most confident.'
The centre is based at St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Primary School. It works closely with a network of early years providers including Moorehouse nursery, run by the Pre-School Learning Alliance, the Bayswater Family Centre, run by Action for Children for refugee and asylum-seeking families, Westbourne Park Family Centre, and St Stephen's Church of England Primary School.
'We also have under-fives sessions at Paddington children's library and the Bookstart co-ordinator comes in too,' said Ms Rivlin.