Book Donation Projects
When children have books in their homes they are are much more likely to develop strong literacy skills, have better mental wellbeing and even have stronger life skills as adults!
We are working with national charity BookBanks to help
provide books for children from age 0 -18 with amazing
books! If you have books in great condition that need
a new home, please contact us to to arrange a drop off
or collection. We are happy to accept any number of books
which will then be delivered to Canterbury Food Bank for inclusion in their weekly book stalls
We accept:
Picture Books
Novels
Non-Fiction
Recently published encyclopedias, atlases & reference books
Teen & YA
Graphic
Novels
Books not specifically for children but which children may find interesting e.g cookbooks, gardening books, craft books
Running every couple of months at the Beaney in central Canterbury, this is a chance for local families to come along and get some new books for their shelves!
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We call it a book swap, but there's no requirement to bring a book and nobody is counting how many you take away. The event is completely free to access and we will generally run a free session of Bookish Board Games or storytelling crafts alongside it, so there's absolutely no pressure on the people browsing the book swap.
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We accept small quantities of donations of good condition picture books, middle grade and YA novels for the book swap. The easiest way to donate is to just come along to our next event on November 7th from 12 - 4.30pm and drop off books to the Orange Room, opposite the toilets in the Beaney.