Communities

Gosnells, Western Australia

About the community

Gosnells is located 12kms to the South East of the city centre of Perth and encompasses a total of 11 suburbs. It has a large population of both Indigenous and CaLD families.

Gosnells and the Let's Read program

Let’s Read was launched in the City of Gosnells in 2008 and now has 10 agencies delivering the Let’s Read Program to the community.

Community stories

Borrowing library, 2016

After the training session in August, Gosnells CPC made a borrowing library with the items in the bag so that they could reach more families. They would take a play group session with children and parents and speak to them about the importance of early literacy and other aspects of the program and then allow them to take books with them to read at home.

Lots of families were able to be engaged, early literacy was promoted often and families were able to access more books.

The event helped community professionals to be able to facilitate a session while equipping them with resources to enhance their teachings. The CPC also shared their idea with the other community professionals which lead to a discussion of possible collaborations.

Sponsors

The Smith Family

Key contact

The Smith Family

P letsread@thesmithfamily.com.au