I have started volunteering for a local project in my area called Craigmillar Books for Babies. It is a multi-agency project which aims to encourage and support parents and carers to share books and stories with their babies and to promote reading as a relevant and worthwhile source of pleasure which enhances children’s early development.

http://www.craigmillarbooksforbabies.org.uk/

It will give me the opportunity to meet some local illustrators who may potentially give me some tips as to how to go about this goal. It’s a competitive field and I need all the help and advice I can get! I met one of the illustrators today and she was very nice. I’m volunteering again tomorrow and she will be there again too. And on Friday we will meet again along with another well known Scottish illustrator who I will get to meet for the first time. It’s very exciting!

At the moment I am just helping them set up an exhibition space to celebrate their 10 year anniversary (this Friday) but in the long run, I’m hoping to offer my illustration / writing skills for various rhyme cards, posters etc that they need.