Impact report 2025-2026 (3) - Flipbook - Page 20
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Our partner organisations support the most marginalised children
From three dedicated warehouses we serve
over 1,000 schools, prisons, food banks,
women’s groups and smaller groups across
Birmingham, Leeds, London and Manchester
and run further discrete campaigns in Bristol,
Glasgow, Liverpool and Nottingham and
elsewhere. In every location each setting
applies to receive books from us and is selected
according to the specific, stated needs of their
community - whether financial hardship, social
stigma, additional learning needs or other.
Primary schools form the largest group
amongst our partners. On average 54% of their
families receive income support, whilst every
school is also based in the top 25% most
deprived postcodes across England and Wales.
58%
58% of the 254k children we reached
come from households with an annual
income of
