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The Family Learning lending library includes books, packs, videos and software relating to learning. To access the lending library please contact us to pre-arrange borrowing.

The lending library includes comprehensive information and contact details should you wish to purchase particular resources.

Please view the list below before contacting us with an enquiry.

Title	Type of Resource	Author/Publisher	Date Published	Notes
The 60 Minute Father	Book	Rob Parsons	1998	An hour to change your childs life. "An audio book that helps you achieve the most important success of all". -- Sir John Harvey Jones. The 60 Minute Father sets ten goals that can help every father ensure that he doesn't miss the greatest opportunity of his life.
Working With Fathers	Booklet	Adrienne Burgess and David Bartlett		A guide for everyone with working families.
The Parent Talk Guide to the Childhood Years	Book	Steve Chalke	1999	"This book will help parents everywhere to realise what a precious time the childhood years are". -- Lorraine Kelly
Linking the Thinking in Family Learning	Information Pack	Jeanne Haggart and Rachel Spacey	2006	Research commissioned by DfES examining the role of family learning in government policies.
Starting Points in Developing Family Learning	Book	Claire Chisholm, Jeanne Haggart and Jackie Horne	2004	A collection of case studies showing how family learning can be developed from a variety of 'startingpoints' on homes, schools and neighbourhoods.
Special Relationships - How Families Learn Together	Book	Maureen Banbury	2005	A publication aimed at strategic managers, advisers and coordinators of family learning programmes which looks at the 'how and why' of family learning success.
What Every Kid Wished Their Parents Knew...And VICE VERSA!	Book	Rob Parsons and Lloyd Parsons	1999	A humourous look at parenting from the view of a son and father.
Family Literacy Works	Book	Greg Brooks, Tom Gorman, John Harman, Dougal Hutchison, Anne Wilkin, The Basic Skills Agency		The NER evaluation of the Basic Skills Agency's Demonstration Programme.
Family learning - does that include us?	Book	Linda Smith, Jeanne Haggart, Yanina Dutton, The National Youth Agency, NIACE	2005	Young parents' experience of adult learning and how they are represented in current policy. Report on findings of research carried out for the DES.
Family Literacy for new groups	Book	Greg Brooks, John Harman, Dougal Hutchison, Sally Kendall, Anne Wilkin, The Basic Skills Agency	1999	Report of in-depth research to evaluate family literacy programmes for 3 groups which were not included in earlier programmes: 1. linguistic minority families where parents had basic skills needs and children aged 3 - 6 2. parents with basic skills needs and their children in Year 4 3. parents with basic skills needs and their children in Year 6
Family Literacy - Practice in Local Programmes	Book	Louise Poulson, Flora Macleod, Neville Bennett, David Wray, The Basic Skills Agency	1997	This study of 18 contrasting family literacy programmes describes a variety of approaches to recruitment, developing curriculum and materials, teaching and establishing partnerships between organisations.
Family Literacy Lasts	Book	Greg Brooks, Tom Gorman, John Harman, Dougal Hutchison, Kay Kinder, Helen Moor, Anne Wilkin, NFER, The Basic Skills Agency	1997	A follow up of the detailed evaluation of family literacy programmes carried out by NFER from 1994 to 1995. The study met families who had been on programmes 20 to 34 months earlier to find out if the significant gain experienced then has been sustained. Encouragingly the research shows that the effects of these programmes have lasted.
Family Numeracy Adds Up	Book	NFER, The Basic Skills Agency	1998	Evaluation of the family numeracy pilot programme in which 14 Local Education Authorities participated.
Your Family Counts	Book	Graham Lawlor and Alan Newland	2000	A book of activities designed to help parents and children improve their basic skills in maths.