{"id":7624,"date":"2019-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svp.matrix-test.com\/article\/appeal-for-unused-christmas-book-vouchers-to-help-families-visited-by-svp-east\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T15:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T14:48:34","slug":"appeal-for-unused-christmas-book-vouchers-to-help-families-visited-by-svp-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.svp.ie\/news\/appeal-for-unused-christmas-book-vouchers-to-help-families-visited-by-svp-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for unused Christmas book vouchers to help families visited by SVP East"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 3px solid #ffffff;float: right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.svp.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WordPowerweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Research\u00a0shows that books in\u00a0the home improve\u00a0educational\u00a0outcome<\/h2>\n<p>The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP), East Region,(which\u00a0covers Dublin, Kildare &amp; Wicklow) is asking for people who received gift\u00a0vouchers for books\u00a0at Christmas to donate the vouchers to SVP or purchase children\u2019s books with the vouchers and donate them to the Society.<\/p>\n<p>The books will be provided by SVP to children\u00a0in the families they visit in the Society's East region as part of a project in the region called WordPower.<\/p>\n<p>WordPower is based on the\u00a0concept that\u00a0having more books at home when growing up, even if you\u00a0don\u2019t necessarily read more,\u00a0improves educational outcomes. The books can be for babies, children, pre-teens and young\u00a0adults and are for families to keep and share with others in their family or\u00a0community.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0049089X18300607\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent study\u00a0from researchers<\/a> at the Australian National University and University of Nevada\u00a0in the US discovered that those who didn\u2019t go to University,\u00a0but who had a lot\u00a0of household books as a teen had the same level of literacy as adults with\u00a0university degrees, but who grew up with fewer books.<\/p>\n<p>The positive impact was greatest for those with higher\u00a0levels of disadvantage, meaning lower income families could narrow the\u00a0education gap by exposing their children\u00a0to more books in the house.<\/p>\n<p>The study,\u00a0found the number of household books at age 16 had a direct positive\u00a0relationship with literacy, numeracy and IT skill in later years \u2013 independent\u00a0of\u00a0how much tertiary study a person did, or how often they read as an adult.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of\u00a0SVP WordPower began in 2016 with Michael Boyle\u00a0\u00a0an SVP member in Tallaght in West Dublin. Along with providing practical\u00a0support in the form of\u00a0financial help with food, utility bills , education\u00a0costs and meeting the unexpected needs, he began bringing new books to families\u00a0being visited. \u201cThe introduction of books\u00a0for the children in families went\u00a0down very well\u201d\u00a0\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n<p>The idea has\u00a0now been adapted by the wider East region as a pilot project which will run until\u00a0June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>SVP recognises\u00a0the importance of education in helping people out of poverty and helping every\u00a0child reach their full potential.<\/p>\n<p>The WordPower\u00a0project\u00a0aims to empower families,\u00a0provide encouragement to parents and give opportunities to children and help\u00a0them get school ready.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to find out how you can help contact the\u00a0WordPower Team at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wordpower.east@svp.ie\">wordpower.east@svp.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP), East Region,(which&nbsp;covers Dublin, Kildare &amp; Wicklow) is asking for people who received gift&nbsp;vouchers for books&nbsp;at Christmas to donate the vouchers to SVP or purchase children&rsquo;s books with the vouchers and donate them to the Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"Tribe__Tickets_Plus__Commerce__WooCommerce__Main","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","cat-region-east","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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