GIVE A BOOK: TO A CHILD

Give a Book gives books directly to schools and also to Beanstalk, a charity which helps children struggling with literacy. We work with schools and Beanstalk to develop a list of books that are most suitable for the children they work with. This will ensure the books you donate help bring reading to life for a struggling child.

About Beanstalk

Beanstalk is a national charity (formerly known as Volunteer Reading Help) that gives one-to-one literacy support to children in primary schools in the most deprived areas of England. Our vision is a nation of confident children who can read and grow up to lead successful lives. We aim to achieve this by working with primary schools to provide high quality literacy support through trained volunteer reading helpers who dedicate their time to give children a brighter future.

Beanstalk reading helpers work with children on a one-to-one basis, giving them their full attention and support to improve reading levels, increase overall confidence and inspire a lifelong love of reading.

Each Beanstalk reading helper works with three children and sees each child for two 30 minute sessions a week for a whole year.

Beanstalk reading helpers are trained to recognise what challenges these children face and work through them. With access to a library of books and games at their local branch they can tailor their sessions best to support the children they work with.

We have over 80 staff and more than 2,100 volunteers who carry out our work across England through 17 branches, with over 5000 children. Our aim is to reach out to 10,000 children by 2016.