An evaluation of the project's work in 2007.
This report summarises some of the main findings for 2007, in the first year of a national pilot funded by the DCSF, involving 22 local authorities and over 500 children and their foster families.
The key benefits of taking part in the Letterbox Club were:
- Increased involvement of children in their own learning
- Gains in reading and number for many children
- Enjoyment for the child in receiving a series of personalised parcels
- Increased involvement of carers
'The Letterbox Club is such a simple idea, but right from the beginning five years ago, when we just worked with twenty children in Leicester, it was obvious that it had a very positive impact on how children felt about themselves.
'The pilot in 2007 and 2008 has given us the chance to see the improvements it can make to children’s reading and maths, and we are very hopeful that even more children can benefit in future years.'
Rose Griffiths, lead researcher, University of Leicester
Read the 2007 evaluation report (Adobe Acrobat .pdf 0.97Mb)
Read the report about the Leicester pilot scheme (Microsoft Word .doc download 87.5Kb)
Read the Letterbox Club Winter 2007 newsletter (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format 2.86Mb)
