THE DOORSTEP LIBRARY NETWORK
The charity sends Home-reading Volunteers to homes of children from low-income families todevelop their reading skills and lend them books each week. Parents are encouraged tocontribute to their children's education, they are supported to access local services designed tohelp them and their children. The charity runs five Doorstep Libraries in the London Borough ofHammersmith and Fulham.
Objects
1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR FOR CHILDREN AGED 1-12 YEARS FROM DEPRIVED AREAS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND LOW-INCOME FAMILIES, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING DOORSTEP LIBRARY PROJECT. TO PROVIDE BOOKS AND BOOK-LED LEARNING.2) THE RELIEF OF NEED BY WORKING WITH LOW-INCOME FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THEM TO INCREASE AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY BETTER PARTICIPATE IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.3) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2014
- Volunteers: 50
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2013
- Volunteers: 35
Register events
- Transferred assets to another charity (10/03/2016)
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2016 | — | — |
| 30/09/2015 | — | — |
| 30/09/2014 | £107k | £94k |
| 30/09/2013 | £83k | £80k |
| 30/09/2012 | £54k | £64k |