Head Start, the social impact of Boots book for babies

The Boots Books for Babies project operated in Nottingham city and county from 1998 to 2005. In 2004 the project commissioned an independent consultancy, Morris Hargreaves and McIntyre, to undertake research into the social impact of the project. As part of this, focus groups and in depth interviews were carried out with a variety of people.

The outcome entitled 'Head Start - the social impact of Boots Books for Babies' clearly shows that the project impacted on families and babies in many ways:

• individual impacts
  • personal development
  • health and well-being
  • vision and aspirations
• social and community impacts
  • literacy
  • education
  • social
• family impacts
  • relationships and interaction
• cross sector impacts
  • human capital
  • social capital
  • civil and neighbourhood renewal
  • early years
  • education and lifelong learning
  • community

Download a 39 page summary of the research - Headstart in PDF format [PDF 865KB]