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The Mobile Toy Library
offers safe, therapeutic, educational, stimulating toys and learning
equipment on a loan basis. Children’s development can be assisted through
play activity, whatever their ability. There is a focus on the educational
aspect, with enjoyment and fun being vital to create the conditions for
learning.. It is an important feature of our service that the toys are
delivered to the children, instead of the more usual arrangement in which
the children must travel to the library.
Toys and equipment on loan reflect the
cultural diversity of service users.
Many children, aged up
to 5 years, benefitted from this service in the last year, during which we
had 70 families regularly using the service. The client group for this service
has been even more dispersed than ever, as many of the hostels where take-up
had previously been high were in the process of renovation. We have
concentrated the work of the toy library in the east of Haringey borough,
where there is a higher concentration of homeless families.
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We recognize that for
some families in temporary accommodation, the toy library is the first
outreach contact. The Mobile Toy library not only allows families and
children to access good range of quality play equipment, childcare resources
and information; the project is an essential bridging link for families to
access other CARIS services. Service users can also be sign posted to other
services in the borough of Haringey (e.g. GPs, Health visitors, ESOL
classes).
CARIS’s mobile toy library is a member of
NATLL, the National Association of Toy and Leisure Libraries. It not only
offers outreach facilities, is a valuable resource for the community, but
also offers volunteering opportunities and user involvement.
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