Children’s Books Ireland
Registered Charity Number: 20038922
About the Charity
Children’s Books Ireland is the national charity and arts organisation that champions every child’s right to develop a love of reading.
What our grant will help to fund
The Movement for Good grant will fund book gifting projects for disadvantaged schools.
After a long period without government funding, schools struggle to motivate their students to read when their small book collections are dated and tatty, and not representative of the diverse student population. Children need to feel connected to and reflected in, the books they are reading.
To address this need, we will be gifting Free To Be Me libraries to five primary schools. The libraries encompass a wide range of books with characters, themes and creators who reflect the diversity of contemporary Ireland and encourage children to read. Furthermore, each student will be given a book to keep. The impact of book ownership on reading for pleasure is astounding – children enjoy reading more, read more books, read more frequently and for longer periods of time. Other members in their homes may also get to enjoy the book. Over 490 children in five schools will benefit from the Free To Be Me libraries for years to come and each child will receive a book to enjoy at home with their family.
“At Children’s Books Ireland, we work to share the joy of reading with all children and young people, regardless of their backgrounds. Through Movement for Good, we will gift libraries of diverse and inclusive books to five disadvantaged schools in Ireland and a book for every child in the schools. Reading changes lives, and we are so grateful to the Benefact Group for bringing us a step closer to our vision: every child a reader.”
Elaina Ryan, CEO, Children’s Books Ireland
