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Space Pandas say what? New writing activities for Letterbox...
In response to requests for writing activities, we've worked with author and illustrator Sam Lloyd and comic artist Neill Cameron to create writing activities in the Blue and Red Letterbox...
Posted 18 November 2014
Gift of words can open up a new future...
Our new patron, Alan Johnson, writes for the Yorkshire Post about Letterbox Club and why books are so important for children in care. 'When I became Education Secretary and I...
Posted 5 November 2014
Event to launch Letterbox Orange with new patron Rt...
The launch event for the Letterbox Club Orange parcel took place on 15 October at Portcullis House in London with the support of our new patron, Rt Hon Alan Johnson...
Posted 16 October 2014
Letterbox Club Yellow Parcel update
We have an update on the Letterbox Club Yellow Parcel for SEN children. We are changing the criteria slightly for 2015. Previously, Letterbox Yellow has been designed for children in...
Posted 24 September 2014
World War One Centenary
2014 marks 100 years since the start of the First World War, and children in Letterbox Club aged 9 to 13 will each receive a book to commemorate the centenary....
Posted 1 September 2014
Letterbox Club – Inspiring Learning event
An event to welcome our new patron and launch our Orange parcel for children in Year 1… Book your place. The 2014 event will take place on Wednesday 15 October...
Posted 13 August 2014
A Letter from Pinocchio
Michael Morpurgo and Emma Chichester Clarke’s letter for children in Letterbox Club. Children in Letterbox Red (age 9-11 years) will receive a copy of Michael Morpurgos’s new book Pinocchio, which...
Posted 15 July 2014
Letterbox learning in Scotland
Excerpt from an article about Letterbox Club in Scotland, The Courier, 5 May 2014. The Letterbox scheme has now been rolled out in Scotland much to the delight of Edinbugh-based...
Posted 8 July 2014
Lemn Sissay & Sheena Wilkinson visit Northern Ireland for...
'You are all super heroes!' That is what a group of young people in care were told by Lemn Sissay and Sheena Wilkinson as they embarked on two days of...
Posted 8 July 2014
More deliveries… July and August Parcels
The second batch of 2014 Letterbox Club parcels will be sent to local authorities week commencing 23 June. The warehouse team are currently very busy sorting through all the contents...
Posted 10 June 2014
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