BookRelief UK

Advancing literacy at home and in the developing world Registered Charity No. (England & Wales):1134724
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A selection of children's books donated by BookRelief UK to Amigos International for their Kira Farm project in Uganda
(Photo credit: Phil Pugsley of Amigos International) 
 
The concept of BookRelief UK is modelled in part on the success of an American based online bookselling organisation Better World Books (www.betterworldbooks.com) and the partnerships it has developed with both US domestic charities such as the National Center for Family Literacy (www.famlit.org), Prison Books Programme (www.prisonbookprogramme.org) and organisations focused on such work in developing countries such as Books for Africa (www.booksforafrica.org), Room to Read (www.roomtoread.org) and the World Education & Development Fund (www.worldfund.org).
 
The 'raw materials' that propel BookRelief UK forward are the immense amount of used books currently available for donation (or otherwise available very cheaply) within the UK, which can then be sold by us to provide funds to support literacy projects.
 
We are presently selling a selection of books through our own shops in Appledore and Barnstaple. 
 
We are still a comparatively small operation, but in our first year we funded two 'Reading is Fundamental' projects at schools in the Bideford area (see www.rif.org.uk to see how these work), and have now developed our own, similar programme in conjunction with these schools while we gradually add other participating schools to this project. We also store, sort and ship books for educational projects in Sub-Sahara Africa. Please see our 'Programmes' section for more details.


Patron:
 
Michael Morpurgo, OBE
 
Trustees:
 
Barry Evetts (Chairman)
Rev John Carvosso (Treasurer)
Grenville Yeo
 
Ambassador at Large:
 
Kelsang Pawo - of the Gesar Foundation
 
 
Charity Registration Number (England & Wales): 1134724
 
 
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