Volunteers’ Week
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Archive: book giving
Nightingale Community Academy: Guest Blog
In December 2020 Give a Book sent a Christmas book bundle to Nightingale Community Academy.... Read More
International Book Giving Day
As we count down to International Book Giving Day on 14th February, we asked Emma... Read More
Feed the Hill Foodbank
Feed the Hill is a food-bank that started when we went into the first lockdown... Read More
Matrix Causes Fund
Since March, prisoners have been facing immense difficulties under the lockdown – confined to cells... Read More
International Book Giving Day 2020
It’s nearly time for International Book Giving Day on 14th February. As the aim of... Read More
The Big Give Christmas Challenge
This December, we are taking part in the Big Give's Christmas Challenge, an annual match funding campaign which raises millions of pounds for good causes. Read More
A guest blog from Best Start for Families
This month, Best Start for Families, who run the family reading project Story Sacks inside London... Read More
A guest blog from First Story
This year marks 10 years since the launch of the charity First Story, and following... Read More
Doorstep Library at Hammersmith Community Gardens
Doorstep Library hosted a wonderful Easter event with Hammersmith Community Gardens on 5th April, inviting families... Read More
World Book Night
It’s that time of year: Shakespeare’s birthday is coming up on 23rd April 2014 so it... Read More
London Book Swap Day and International Book Giving Day
So, for those in London, Saturday 15th February is London Book Swap Day taking place in 19... Read More
Living the story
Michael Morpurgo has again written affectingly about the importance of reading time for children. In an... Read More
Bookshops are so not over…..
An interesting article in The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/how-to-plug-a-bookshop-are-independent-retailers-doomed-to-fail-8131310.html Why did nobody think of this before? Just... Read More