The Reading Bus is an unusual project which aims to use technologies old and new to encourage literacy in families in a socially disadvantaged area of Aberdeen.

Here is a piece from their website -

“The Reading Bus is a bold and innovative project in the City of Aberdeen, North East Scotland. Funds are in place to convert a single decker bus into a high profile, mobile learning resource that will work with cross-agency partners. The aim of the project is to raise achievement in literacy, particularly in areas of high social deprivation, by working with families as a learning unit. The pilot project begins August 2006 in St Machar Community and will later be rolled out across the remainder of the City.” Aberdeen City Council is helping The Reading Bus go places.”

On the 16th May 2006 children from the schools involved created a radio show which was broadcast on a local community radio station.The 60 minute show – all 30MB of it – can be dowloaded here.

This is a very interesting project which is worth following on the website.