100 New Bridge Street partnered with The Children's Book Project Charity to host a book drive using the site hoarding as a collection point.
The Children’s Book Project believes every child should have the opportunity to own a book, empowering them to choose stories that inspire and motivate them to read. By supporting this initiative we were able to contribute to the creation of reading communities and help nurture a lifelong love of books.
Book ownership has been directly linked with improved mental health amongst children and a greater propensity to read for pleasure. Reading fluency has a significant impact on children's successful progression through education and the Children's Book Project aim to tackle the attainment gap arising from low book ownership.
Thank you very much to the fantastic Project team at Mace for implementing and managing this great initiative and to everyone who donated books. We are so pleased to have collected over 1,300 books which are now finding their way to new homes.