{"id":563,"date":"2025-07-24T01:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T01:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/?page_id=563"},"modified":"2025-08-05T23:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T23:38:56","slug":"extending-the-reach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/extending-the-reach\/","title":{"rendered":"Extending the Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"gbp-section gb-element-d29e0c0c\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-9fd91dd0\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-105a4ed6\">\n<h1 class=\"gb-text gbp-section__headline gb-text-42a4a6f3\">Extending The Reach<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-text gbp-section__text gb-text-fb7a863a\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"hero-image-fit gb-element-ce941b64\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"gb-media-b2dda842\" title=\"hero-book-story-read-along\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hero-read-along-1920x1080px.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hero-read-along-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hero-read-along-1920x1080px-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hero-read-along-1920x1080px-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hero-read-along-1920x1080px-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/hero-read-along-1920x1080px-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gbp-section gb-element-042eabdf\">\n<div class=\"gbp-section__inner gb-element-fe29b661\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-092f1586\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extending the reach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We aim to support other prison sites across Victoria establish Read Along programs.  By supporting staff who visit \/ work within these facilities, <br>we can offer:<br><br><strong>A read along start up kit&nbsp;<\/strong><br>The kit includes the delivery of 15 new children\u2019s books \u2013 titles with wide appeal within our program &#8211; also craft materials to personalise book packages, and templates for fliers &amp; forms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Support&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Our program facilitator can also offer informal support to other would-be facilitators via Zoom.&nbsp;Over the next twelve months we will establish an informal community of practice amongst Read Along facilitators for mutual support and sharing of experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018<em>My six year old took the book I chose him (All The Ways To Be Smart by Davina Bell &amp; Allison Cooper ) to school for Book Week. Mum said he told the class the book was special because he could listen to his mum read it whenever he wanted.\u2019<\/em><br> <sub>Read Along Mums participant, quoted with permission.<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interested? We would love to hear from you.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/contact\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extending The Reach Extending the reach We aim to support other prison sites across Victoria establish Read Along programs. By supporting staff who visit \/ work within these facilities, we can offer: A read along start up kit&nbsp;The kit includes the delivery of 15 new children\u2019s books \u2013 titles with wide appeal within our program &#8230; <a title=\"Extending the Reach\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/extending-the-reach\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Extending the Reach\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-563","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689,"href":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563\/revisions\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readalong.org.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}