Childhood brings back memories of fairy tales, bedtime stories and the beginning of a lifetime love of the written word. The books that we read as children shape our opinion of reading for an entire lifetime. Here at LoveReading, we are passionate about all books, as are The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE). The CLPE promotes raising the literacy achievement of children, ensuring quality children’s literature is at the heart of learning.
However, the CLPE are in need of help. The registered charity is working to guarantee a home for their enormous, permanent collection of books. The team behind the charity currently occupy a beautiful library space which is located in Waterloo. This building is in need of refurbishment, so the charity is working to build a brand new Literacy Library to house their 23,000 children’s books and continue to encourage more school children to get excited about literacy.
The CLPE’s plan would create more space for teachers, with 2,000 already working with the organisation each year. This new space will also make the organisation’s resources more available to other literacy charities and literature organisations. This will be beneficial for those who unfortunately don’t have access to an event, library or training space. The project will create a resource that will benefit the work of literacy charities in England and the learning of millions of children.
The Story So Far
So far, the CLPE has completed the first phase of the work, which has cost £150,000. The charity has also raised £50,000 towards the second phase of the project. To find out more and donate, head over to their crowdfunding
page.
Those wanting to help protect the literacy achievements of primary school children in can do so by buying a shelf (£100), bookcase (£500), or alcove (£1,000) in the new Literacy Library. Those who support the charity's work will be permanently remembered, with their name on display in the new library. So far the charity has seen a tremendous amount of support from all corners of the literary world. Anderson Press and Knights Of have bought a bookcase and a shelf respectively, with further interest shown by Bonnier, Simon and Schuster, Usbourne.
The new Literacy Library will be able to support the work of a large number of charities and organisations who work to ensure that quality children’s literature is located at the heart of all learning. Get involved by visiting their
crowdfunding page.
Childhood brings back memories of fairy tales, bedtime stories and the beginning of a lifetime love of the written word. The books that we read as children shape our opinion of reading for an entire lifetime. Here at LoveReading, we are passionate about all books, as are The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE). The CLPE promotes raising the literacy achievement of children, ensuring quality children’s literature is at the heart of learning.
However, the CLPE are in need of help. The registered charity is working to guarantee a home for their enormous, permanent collection of books. The team behind the charity currently occupy a beautiful library space which is located in Waterloo. This building is in need of refurbishment, so the charity is working to build a brand new Literacy Library to house their 23,000 children’s books and continue to encourage more school children to get excited about literacy.
The CLPE’s plan would create more space for teachers, with 2,000 already working with the organisation each year. This new space will also make the organisation’s resources more available to other literacy charities and literature organisations. This will be beneficial for those who unfortunately don’t have access to an event, library or training space. The project will create a resource that will benefit the work of literacy charities in England and the learning of millions of children.
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