Every Child Counts
The grant recipient
The Every Child a Chance Trust aims to unlock the educational potential of socially disadvantaged children through the development and promotion of evidence-based, early intervention programmes. It was established in 2007 following the enormous success of the Every Child a Reader project (web link to the Every Child a Trust – Every Child a Reader page under Literacy projects).
The Every Child Counts Programme
What it aims to do
- scope and deliver a three year demonstration project to tackle underachievement in maths
- research the key elements of an effective intervention programme
- with advice from experts in early mathematics, develop a comprehensive programme that can be tested out more widely
- establish a national
- infrastructure to provide training and quality assurance for the programme, that is capable of rapid expansion once the concept is proven
- evaluate the immediate and longer term impact
- calculate the return on investment
How it works
The Every Child Counts project will be based on the Every Child a Reader model – funding and training teachers in inner-city schools to provide intensive help to children with learning difficulties.
The funding
SHINE made a founding sponsorship grant for the Every Child Counts project. Other funding is provided by the KPMG Foundation, DCSF and other trusts and foundations
Funding: £90,000 to the Every Child a Chance Trust, over one year (2008-09)
Visit the Every Child a Chance Trust website: http://www.everychildachancetrust.org/
