Children's Book Project - Signed 2025 Accounts - Flipbook - Page 13
Achievements 2024-2025
Book gifting
529,397 books gifted via our three hubs
To 147k children
Via 750 gifting events
In 467 schools, 27 prisons, 51 community groups, 6 food banks and many smaller orgs
Key volunteering stats:
3,853 people volunteered with us nationwide this year
Collectively they gave 25,142 hours of their time
100% of corporate volunteers felt their contribution was valued
100% of volunteers would be very likely to recommend us to others
Delivered £348k in terms of their social impact (social ROI)
External recognition and support
Asda: This year saw the regional pilot of Asda’s support roll out firstly to Bristol and London and then
nationwide, with customers invited to drop books into a dedicated donation trolley. Community Champions
in each store supported local roll out with books collected centrally and redistributed to each of our three
hubs. Asda’s support delivered 345,134 books in the 2024-2025 year. Their support enabled us to put on
the equivalent of an additional 345 primary school gifting events including two books for every child.
Bonnier Books UK: We have been very grateful to Bonnier Books for their continued support this year. Their
commitment has ensured that the volume, quality and range of the books we can give has increased again
year on year and has exposed children to new titles they wouldn’t otherwise have access to.
Heart Breakfast: In March 2025 we were fortunate to once again be
selected as Heart Breakfast’s featured charity on World Book Day, with
listeners invited repeatedly throughout the show to visit our website and find
a local donation point. Over 10,000 books were donated during the show.
JC Decaux: In March 2025 we were also given the incredible
opportunity to be featured on 200 billboards nationwide each week for
four weeks. JCDecaux’s Community Channel gave us 25m impressions
across the four weeks with a total equivalent media value of £383k.
Lauren Laverne: In June 2025 we announced Lauren Laverne as our new patron. Her appointment is
intended to amplify awareness of the transformative power of children’s books - whether inspiring families to
donate books they’ve outgrown or galvanising the publishing industry to support the cause through
advocacy and surplus stock donations.
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