Family Days

Prisons organise Family Days to help prisoner parents bond with their children and partners.

Give a Book supports these days with books for families to enjoy together and for children to take home as a tangible reminder of a good time spent with their mum or dad. We send new books which we choose carefully, covering a wide age range from baby books to books for teenagers, ensuring our books are fun, engaging and accessible, as well as representative of the community we are working with.

We also tailor the book choices each month, often according to a fun theme, and we include neurodiverse and dyslexia-friendly books to ensure everyone can leave with a book they enjoy. Where possible we also provide volunteers to encourage parents and children to read together, to ensure everyone has as much fun as possible.

In 2024 Give a Book supported 160 Family Days in 40+ prisons.

‘The selection of books you sent were delightful and once again I would like to thank you for this great opportunity. I have worked/organised most of the family days since I became a member of staff here at Altcourse and can honestly say the ‘Give A Book Table’ is a favourite part of the day for me and visitors’. HMP Altcourse