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Submitted by: Tori Wright

Summary

I want to help local teenagers get the best start in life. I have been working in a school in a very disadvantaged area, and want to help them help other children in the area. Their local library is under threat, and I want to provide an alternative after school in the school library, with the students as staff. I want them to create storybags to use reading in the community, a courtyard for the library, a functioning garden, and baby and toddler groups held in the library. This will help them to establish a basis for a future career.

Comments on this entry

11-Aug-2010 8.35AM   Natalie moorhouse Says...

Could you message me your details for future reference regarding your comment? Great idea! Cheers x Natalie_moorhouse_myp@hotmail.co.uk

10-Aug-2010 8.46PM   Tori Says...

Thanks everyone for all your support & comments! Really appreciate it! I'm so passionate about this cause & am thrilled so many other people are too! xxx

10-Aug-2010 6.11PM   Joan Wright Says...

Very proud to give you my vote, good luck xxxx

10-Aug-2010 6.08PM   Joaquin Escudero Says...

you get my vote, what a simple but great idea, live the dream!!!! xxx

10-Aug-2010 10.09AM   Claire Stewart at UnLtd Says...

This project has varied potential for bringing about positive social change, to the school, the wider community and those specific pupils who head up the project. You get my vote :)

9-Aug-2010 11.19PM   Leona Wright Says...

Amazing idea Tori..good for you!! You have my vote! Good luck!

9-Aug-2010 10.20PM   Denise Reid Says...

I feel so proud to read about you doing something so amazing and worthwhile, not to mention how incredibly thoughtful this project is. I'm positive you can make this a success!

9-Aug-2010 10.10PM   Nick Reynolds Says...

Fantastic Idea!! Fingers crossed u get it all off the ground :)

9-Aug-2010 9.44PM   Jo Owen Says...

This is an excellent idea Tori. You've definitely got my vote! :)

9-Aug-2010 9.33PM   Andrew Trotman Says...

Got my vote Tori!

9-Aug-2010 1.53PM   kevin davies Says...

Fantastic idea hope you win

9-Aug-2010 10.23AM   Lyndsay Rawle Says...

Good luck :)

7-Aug-2010 11.23PM   Heidi Murphy Says...

Great idea, good luck Tori! x

7-Aug-2010 8.56PM   Sarah Thomas Says...

A fantastic idea Tori that will inspire and give power and purpose to the young people involved!!!Best of luck!:-)

7-Aug-2010 6.55PM   Charlotte Says...

Tori is very passionate about this idea and i beleive passion fuels success. Its about time our teenages spen more time with their heads in books not glued to the TV or the computer! that's why Im voting for Tori.

7-Aug-2010 12.30AM   Gary wilson Says...

This is just what the area needs. Brilliant idea Tori! It would be so beneficial for the youth in the area. I've already voted for this and I urge others to do so too! It's so nice to know there are still people out there who care. Good luck! Gary

6-Aug-2010 9.05PM   sheila Says...

just the sort of inspired and exciting idea that could make a huge difference to so many young people in the Neath area. Well done - you get my vote.

6-Aug-2010 8.25PM   Lucy Escudero Says...

Brill cous, you have my vote! Bueno suerte!xxxxxxx

6-Aug-2010 3.11PM   Annette Smith Says...

This is an excellent idea that not only regenerates the importance of reading in the community but also creates a foundation for potential expansions run by the pupils themselves. Great strategic thinking Tori!

6-Aug-2010 10.54AM   Nia Says...

Sounds fantastic - you get my vote!

6-Aug-2010 10.16AM   Tina Francis-Reed Says...

Fab idea, Peer support is known to be effective!

6-Aug-2010 8.34AM   Sharon Caffrey Says...

You have my vote....!!

6-Aug-2010 8.12AM   Adele Wright Says...

Brilliant idea! Good luck.xx

6-Aug-2010 12.30AM   jayne Says...

Tidy!

5-Aug-2010 11.46PM   Sophie Says...

Awesome tori you got my vote!!!! Such a good idea which would work as the young people would have ownership over the whole thing and make sure it does!! Excellent!!!!

5-Aug-2010 11.23PM   William McBeal Says...

Great idea Tori, good luck!

5-Aug-2010 10.55PM   Jen Davies Says...

Great idea.

5-Aug-2010 10.02PM   clair Robinson Says...

Glad to see you still keeping the literacy dream alive! u go girl!

5-Aug-2010 9.09PM   Beth James Says...

Fantastic ideas Tori I love it!!!!

5-Aug-2010 8.52PM   Dominique Says...

Good Luck lady, this sounds wonderful. If you need any help, give me a bell. x

5-Aug-2010 8.47PM   Alison Wright Says...

Your caring attitude is commendable, well done!

5-Aug-2010 8.42PM   Alison Wright Says...

Your caring attitude is commendable, well done!

5-Aug-2010 2.24PM   Jill Ahern Says...

This is a great and innovative idea especially as the young people involved will be the ones to inspire other young people in a simialr position to them and from the same area. Well done ,Tori for this great idea - go for it!

5-Aug-2010 12.39PM   Carol Connelly Says...

Great idea, sounds really worthwhile and will be there for some time - well done

5-Aug-2010 12.23PM   Lisa Says...

Great idea Tori! I'm voting for you!!!

2-Aug-2010 7.10PM   Laura Cornish Says...

What an excellent idea!

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