Bookmark Reading Charity donate £224,000 worth of new books to 112 state-funded primary schools across Leicester and Leicestershire
This Monday, Leicester City Mayor, Peter Soulsby and children’s author Zanib Mian visited Woodstock Primary Academy in Leicester. The visit was organised to celebrate our Your Story Corner packs which include 200 new, high quality and diverse children’s books designed to bring reading to life, to 112 state-funded primary schools across Leicester and Leicestershire. Each Your Story Corner book pack is worth £2,000 and the total value of new books donated to the 112 schools is £224,000.
The purpose of our Your Story Corner donation to 112 primary schools is to help primary schools in Leicester and Leicestershire to develop a Whole School Reading Culture and encourage Reading for pleasure.
“Reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success, more than family circumstances, parents’ educational background or income.” Organisation for Economic Cooperation and development 2021
Emily Jack, Bookmark Reading Charity’s CEO said:
“Bookmark Reading Charity is thrilled to be delivering our Your Story Corner packs to 112 primary schools in Leicester and Leicestershire. Our aim is for these book packs and resources to inspire children to read. We partner with schools to embed a whole school reading culture that both champions and celebrates reading to ensure fairer opportunities. We look forward to exploring other ways to support children with their reading enjoyment, skills, and confidence in this new area through our volunteer-led reading programmes too – this is the start of a very exciting partnership. We would like to extend our thanks to all our supporters and partners who have enabled us to make this donation.”
Peter Soulsby helped the children unbox their new books which was followed by an interactive session with Zanib Mian on her fantastic Planet Omar series. The children had a great time and even got to play dress up while discovering more about the Planet Omar characters.