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Yours to keep: a note on book ownership
Posted 13 January 20121 comments The recent headlines tell us that 1 in 3 children own no books. As an organisation at the forefront of bookgifting programmes we find this statistic surprising. Since 1992 Booktrust... Read 'Yours to keep: a note on...' -
Bookstart programme update
Posted 12 May 2011Please note this information has been sent to Bookstart Coordinators via their Regional Managers and to SCL and ASCEL for distribution to members via their channels of communication. Find out... Read 'Bookstart programme update ' -
Bookstart scheme in Denbighshire honoured
Posted 28 April 20113 comments Denbighshire library service's Bookstart team have won an award for customer service at the local authority's inaugural Excellence Awards. They were presented with their trophy by the chairman and chief... Read 'Bookstart scheme in Denbighshire honoured ' -
Northern Ireland research: Bookstart+ packs improve parental reading and...
Posted 25 April 2011Health visitors in the Northern Trust have taken part in a pilot programme which gifted Bookstart+ packs to all two-year-old children. Bookstart+ is not universally funded in Northern Ireland but... Read 'Northern Ireland research: Bookstart+ packs improve...' -
Funding update, 25 February 2011
Posted 25 February 20111 comments Education secretary Michael Gove has today confirmed that Booktrust will receive £7.5m in 2011–12 and £6m in 2012–2013 to deliver the national bookgifting programmes Bookstart, Booktime and Booked Up. The... Read 'Funding update, 25 February 2011 ' -
Bedtime reading comes to Barnsley!
Posted 31 January 2011Libraries and children’s centres across Barnsley are this week celebrating the area's own 'Bedtime Reading Week'. Running until 5 February, the week will be full of pyjama parties and other... Read 'Bedtime reading comes to Barnsley! ' -
German reading organisation offers support to Booktrust
Posted 25 January 2011We were delighted to receive an open letter from Heinrich Kreibich, the CEO of Stiftung Lesen, the reading organisation in Germany. In the letter he explains how Bookstart in England... Read 'German reading organisation offers support to...' -
National Bookstart Week 2011
Posted 21 January 20112 comments Join in our annual celebration of sharing stories, songs and rhymes We hope you'll join us from 6–12 June 2011 for a week of celebrations – and this year's festival... Read 'National Bookstart Week 2011 ' -
Booktrust funding update... 27 December 2010
Posted 7 January 2011Statement from Department for Education and Viv Bird, CEO of Booktrust Joint statement from Department for Education and Booktrust 'The Department for Education and Booktrust are determined to ensure that... Read 'Booktrust funding update... 27 December 2010'
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