OWN BOOKS

Registered charity 1190573 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Own Books is a book donation project that helps children and young people, without books, to have their own books to keep or share at home. The project aims to advance literacy & a love of reading in children & young people through the free provision of books in the home. Through a series of art making and storytelling workshops, we aim to encourage and inspire literacy, creativity & imagination.

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FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BY DISTRIBUTING AGE APPROPRIATE BOOKS TO SCHOOLS ACROSS ENGLAND AND WALES, AND BY PROVIDING ARTS AND CRAFTS WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION.

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• JULIE DE BASTION BFA HONSchair
• Alison Moira Shaw MA TD
• Dawn Belfield
• Julia Gibson

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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