Creative funding help available

S chools across S outh Lanarkshire are being called to apply to a national f u n d i n g p r o g r a mme d e s i g n e d t o support creative and innovative projects within school libraries.

The School Library Improvement Fund (SLIF) aims to support activities which meet key education priorities, i n c l u d i n g l i t e r a c y a n d numerac y development, information and digital learning and health and wellbeing.

SLIF was l aunched i n 2017 as a three-year £1 million fund to transform school libraries. Following its success, the Scottish Government has injected a further £100k into the fund to inspire more p i o n e e r i n g p r o g r a mmes i n school libraries across the country.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney, pictured, said: “School libraries continue to play a central role from early learning through to secondary s c h o o l a s w e mov e t h r o u g h t h e education recovery process.

“Our i nv e s t ment i n t h e S c h o o l Library Improvement Fund will allow school libraries to continue to develop their ser vices, supporting learning across the curriculum as well as health and wellbeing – something we know is crucial for young people in the current challenging circumstances.”

Education authorities have until 12noon on Friday, November 13, to submit a funding bid.

The latest bid and details of previous projects that benefitted from the fund are avai l abl e on t he SLIC website https://scottishlibraries.org/funding/ school-library-improvement-fund/.