We can offer a free book collection and free global citizenship workshop to almost every UK secondary school.
We are a network of regional student-volunteer-led projects collecting disused books from schools across the UK. We sort them, match them to the Tanzanian/Ugandan syllabus and, if relevant, we send them to East Africa. Any book not relevant to send (we don't take religious/political books for example) is sold online to generate much needed funding. If it can't be sent or sold, we recycle it, generating more funding. It's a simple process. COLLECT, SORT, GENERATE, DISTRIBUTE, RECYCLE. But then, after we've collected the books from the UK schools we even deliver a free workshop to educate school children about global citizenship and sustainability.
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Run for READ - Half Marathon places are open! We are now accepting applications for the Royal Parks Half Marathon and the British 10k. Interested?? Chairman trustee position available: We are currently recruiting for the Chairman position on our board of trustees. For more information on the role and for application details download a pack here READ chosen as British Library CSR Partner of the Year! We are delighted to have been chosen as the British Library's CSR Partner of the Year. Click here to find out more!
This remains our flagship project. We redistribute disused education resources from the UK to the developing world. By making these resources available we are promoting literacy and healthy learning environments....... (read more)
Think Global is a new aspect of the READ Book Project. We are working in collaboration with Oxfam to deliver interactive global citizenship presenations, centered on educational issues in the East Africa.
Our aim is to demonstrate that anyone, regardless of age, culture, disability, nationality or economic background, can have a positive impact on the global community and can realise their potential as an active global citizen...(read more)