Let's Read, developed by the Centre for Community Child Health in partnership with The Smith Family, is designed to promote literacy to children 0-5 years of age. This initiative is intended to support and empower parents/carers to read with their child. This program also includes training community-based professionals and encouraging and supporting communities to undertake and promote activities to develop a literate community.

There are two components of the Let's Read initiative:

1. Program delivery: Community implementation of the Let's Read program across Australia. Visit www.letsread.com.au to find out more about the program.
2. Study: A cluster randomised control trial to examine the effectiveness of Let's Read. 

Let's Read study

The Let's Read study followed on from a successful feasibility study in 2004 and took place in five local government areas across Melbourne; Darebin, Frankston, Hobson's Bay, Dandenong and Moreland.