We champion the fun of reading, because it seriously improves lives. Reading for fun is the single biggest indicator that a child will grow up to enjoy a happier and more successful life – more than their family circumstances, their parents’ educational backgrounds or their income.
But here’s the challenge, it’s at an all-time low, with only 1 in 3 children now saying they enjoy reading and in the UK, nearly 1,000,000 children don’t have a book of their own (National Literacy Trust). We believe children are more likely to read if they enjoy it, so we’re on a mission to encourage them to see reading as an entertaining, social and fun thing to do.
By making a donation or raising funds for World Book Day, you can help us to:
A partnership with World Book Day will give your organisation the opportunity to encourage more children, from all backgrounds, to develop the life-long habit of reading for pleasure that will improve their life chances.
World Book Day will help you to celebrate the importance of reading together, to fundraise creatively and to engage in inspiring volunteering opportunities. Your support will help World Book Day to support and encourage today’s children to be a generation of readers, and to offer every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own.
There are lots of ways to give to World Book Day. If you have raised money for us, you can pay it in using any of the methods below:
Donate online via our Just Giving page, through Supported Giving or by text:
Text WBD3 to 70711 to donate £3
Text WBD5 to 70711 to donate £5
Text WBD10 to 70711 to donate £10
Standard network rates apply
Please make cheques payable to World Book Day and send to:
World Book Day Ltd,
6 Bell Yard,
London WC2A 2JR.
Please include a note with your name and address so we know who to thank.
Email us at [email protected] with your contact details and we’ll be happy to help with providing payment details.
World Book Day is a charity sponsored by National Book Tokens.
Registered charity number 1079257