Bookstart
Bookstart packs are offered FREE to every child in the UK. The Bookstart Baby pack is given out during the child's 8 month health check and the Bookstart Treasure Bag is given out through early years settings in the year before starting school.
Packs are available in dual-languages (please contact for details), and Bookshine and Booktouch packs are available for children with visual or hearing impairements.
If you have not received a pack and you think you should have, please email Bookstart Co-ordinator Patricia Courage on p.courage@poole.gov.uk or phone 01202 262455. Alternatively please ask in your local Poole library.
Venue/Contact Details
- Name:
- Bookstart
- Address:
- Children's Library Service
Britannia road
Poole
Dorset - Postcode:
- BH14 8AZ
- Telephone:
- 01202 262455
- E-mail:
- p.courage@poole.gov.uk
- Website:
- www.bookstart.org.uk
- Contact Name:
- Patricia Courage
- Contact Position:
- Bookstart Co-ordinator
Details
- Times Available:
- Bookstart pack is given to a child at 8 month health check and through early years providers, therefore no specific date or time. Bookstart Rhymetimes are held in libraries.
Times can be found on www.boroughofpoole.com/leisure-and-culture/libraries/childrens-library-service/bookstart-rymetime - Availability:
- All Year Round
- Age:
- From 0 years 8 months to 4 years 6 months
- Costs:
- Service/Activity is free
- Referral Criteria:
- Self Referral, Via GP or other health professional
- Referral Procedure:
- Early Years Settings also give out Bookstart packs before the child attends school.
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Directions:
- Bus route 15 Poole | Upper Parkstone | Bournemouth Hospital
- Staff are CRB Approved?:
- Yes
- Provider has a First Aid Policy?:
- Yes
- Provider has Public Liability Insurance?:
- Yes
