www.cypnow.co.uk/doc Toy libraries should be given longer term funding and further support to train staff, according to a National Foundation for Educational Research report into provision across Wales. The report interviewed staff at 18 libraries and found many were hampered by funding and training problems. Only five toy libraries had a full-time dedicated member of staff, five others were staffed by professionals with other responsibilities and four were run entirely by volunteers. The bulk of income for the libraries was through local authority funding, which the report says is often too short-term,...


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