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Donate your children’s books to the family book bank!
Cheltenham’s free book bank scheme, Inspiring Families, is appealing for donations of children’s and teenagers’ books as it relaunches after the pandemic, encouraging families to read at home. The scheme ran for six years up to 2019 and was welcomed by local schools, for giving all families access to fiction and non-fiction books for children aged 3 to 15 years.
“We know that reading with children is one of the best ways to set them up for a bright future,” says Cheltenham councillor Flo Clucas. “We’re thrilled that the Inspiring Families book bank scheme will once again run in schools and hope that over time the book bank donations will grow to benefit more local residents.”
Charles Welsh, head of Gardners Lane and Oakwood Federation (pictured, left) says, “I’m delighted the Inspiring Families book bank scheme is returning. We want to encourage excitement in our young readers and offer as many opportunities and a wide variety of books for them as possible.”
Families are encouraged to keep the books that they love and return the ones they do not want to keep, along with other books from home they no longer need.
Louis Wilson, Inspiring Families project officer (pictured, right) adds, “To donate books to the scheme, we ask for children’s books printed in the last ten years in new or gently used condition would be greatly appreciated.”
To donate contact inspiringfamilies@cheltenham.gov.uk or message the project through Facebook (@InspiringFamilieschelt) or twitter (@IFamilieschelt).
The books will then be sorted and boxed by volunteers, and available to collect from participating schools.
