The Aston Villa Foundation are pleased to be working with Children’s Book Project for a second year, collecting pre-loved books to gift to children across Birmingham.
Last year’s book drive saw over 3,000 books donated by fans, with 880 of the books handed to Lozells Junior and Infant School through a gifting event, where children were able to pick and choose a book to take home and keep. This was the Children’s Book Project’s first major event in Birmingham.
Laura Forrester, Regional Coordinator for the Children’s Book Project in Birmingham, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with the Aston Villa Foundation once again and the opportunity to gift thousands more books. Our established local hubs enable us to gift books throughout the year, to support and nurture reading communities. To date, 17 Birmingham primary schools have been thrilled to receive books through our programme and we look forward to working with many more in the future.
“We are sincerely grateful for all donations from supporters and the local community, to help put more books into the hands of children across the city. We hope this year’s book drive will be an even bigger success and thank the Aston Villa Foundation for all their wonderful support!”
Donations of good quality, pre-loved books for children aged 0-12 years will be accepted at our designated drop-off point in the Academy Building on North Stand Car Park on the selected dates below:
Monday 19th February, 3-7pm
Wednesday 21st February, 3-7pm
Saturday 24th February (Matchday Collection in Fun Zone), 1-3pm
Monday 26th February, 3-7pm
Wednesday 28th February, 3-7pm
Thursday 29th February, 3-7pm
Find out more about the work of The Children’s Book Project here.
Any further questions can be directed to the Foundation’s Community Development Officer, Rafa Ahmed.
