The Big Green Bookshop has always supported
local schools to promote reading for pleasure. Over the last few years we’ve begun to
deliver more educational projects with Haringey schools (see the schools
page of our website for examples).
We now need to set up a not for profit social enterprise company to develop
our educational work.
The company will be called Big Green Bookshop Education. We will promote literacy and reading for
pleasure, through working with local schools, libraries and other partners.
How will we achieve
this?
There are currently 3 main strands to our plans:
·
Patron of Reading: Haringey Chapter:
we have set up a local branch of the national Patron of Reading scheme which
places authors in schools to inspire reading for pleasure. We now need to raise
funds to help more schools work with these amazing authors.
·
Arts
Award literacy projects: 36 children and young people so far have gained a
national qualification through our innovative local literacy initiative: High Street Stories. We want to extend
these opportunities to many more local schools.
·
Supporting
other local initiatives: The new company will enable us to build on our
track record of supporting literacy projects in Haringey and beyond.
What do we need to
get started?
·
Donations
of £10 - or whatever you can afford. In return you will be acknowledged as
a foundation patron on our website. We’ll keep you informed of our achievements
and progress.
·
Offers of in-kind support are also very welcome,
for example, design, marketing, specialist advice and expertise.
What will we do with
your support?
·
Meet the initial expenses of setting up and
registering the Big Green Bookshop Education social enterprise (we expect this
to be a Community Interest Company).
·
Set up a company website - which we will
initially use to coordinate the Patron of
Reading: Haringey Chapter initiative and recruit schools and authors.
·
Hold a launch event for the Patron of Reading: Haringey Chapter to recruit new authors and
schools to the scheme.
·
Plan and deliver new literacy projects, for
example, shared Patron of Reading
projects which enable more primary schools to benefit from the scheme.
How to Donate
As we currently don’t have a high street bank account for
the new company we can only take donations in the following manner
- · Via Paypal (or via the donate button at the top right of the blog)
- · In cash at the store
Thank You For Your Continuing Support
I visit schools in your area now and again. Quite happy to support you. Just contact me through www.joffrewhite.com
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