Donate Books, Change Lives! 📚

Donate Books, Change Lives! 📚

Join Our Book Drive in Support of the Children’s Book Project at 17 & Central!

School’s out, and it’s the perfect time to give back to our community! We are excited to announce a book drive in support of the Children’s Book Project at 17 & Central. We encourage all our shoppers to participate by donating books that your children have outgrown. These books will find new homes with other children across the local community, spreading the joy of reading far and wide.

How You Can Help:

• Donate Pre-loved Books: Bring in any children’s books in good condition that your kids no longer need.
• Purchase to Donate: Alternatively, you can purchase an old favourite to donate.

Books you can donate:

• Baby Board books
• Children’s picture books
• Phonics books
• Early readers books
• Younger chapter books with fun
• familiar themes
• Older chapter books for primary
• age children
• Non-­action, Fact or activity book
• for under 11’s
• Teens books

Our book collection bin is conveniently located next to our Rainforest Rescue setup at Centre Court, near the Perfume Shop. We will be collecting books throughout the summer holidays until 1st September 2024.

About the Children’s Book Project: Across London and the UK, 1 in 4 disadvantaged children owns fewer than 10 books, while 1 in 8 has none at all. This lack of access to books impacts not only their academic outcomes but also their wellbeing, emotional development, and sense of themselves as readers.

The Children’s Book Project aims to bridge this ‘book gap’ by gifting donated books to targeted communities across the Capital. Over 500 schools, community groups, women’s groups, and prisons nationwide host book gifting events where children are invited to choose a book to take home and keep. This year, the charity expects to gift upwards of 350,000 books.

For more information, visit www.childrensbookproject.co.uk.

Let’s come together to make a difference in the lives of children and foster a love for reading. Your contribution can light up a child’s world with the magic of books. Thank you for your support! 📚✨