Walker Books

Walker Books

Fundraising for National Literacy Trust
£29,168
raised of £30,000 target
by 5 supporters
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Nic Knight's fundraising, 18 March 2010
National Literacy Trust

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RCN 1116260
We work in disadvantaged communities to improve literacy skills and life chances

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Celebrate 30 years of Books
Join us in raising £30k for the National Literacy Trust
Helping to change lives through literacy

*** News Update ***

* Fiona and Jo held a book fair at Barclays Bank and sold over £3,000 worth of books. Barclays have very kindly matched our fundraising giving us a grand total for the day of £7,310. Amazing!

* A sale of old IT equipment has raised a very impressive £2,300 – thanks IT!

* Congratulations to Annalie and David who both ran a half marathon for the NLT and raised £825 between them!

* A Summer Reading Book Sale with books kindly donated by Faber, Canongate, and Short Books has added another £400. Happy reading everyone!

* Walker Books Summer Fete organised by the Green Team has raised over £400!

* The Where's Wally? Dash was a resounding success! 25 Wallys (plus 2 dogs!) took part in the 5km dash round . First Wally across the finishing line was Sean with an amazing time of 23 minutes, closely followed by Andrew Watson, Fiona, Sylvie, Philippa (plus Merlin the dog), and Kate Beal. 

The other Wally dashers who took part were Jane H, Jane W, Helen T, Ellen, Nic, Ruth (and her son Dominic), Elise, Hanna, Annalie (and her mum), Emily, Maya, Dee Costello, Jo (plus Puggy the dog), Caz,  Maya, plus Petra from Classic Media.  

The event has raised over £5,000 for the National Literacy Trust. THANK YOU EVERYONE!

* Places are now available for the Where's Wally? Dash being held on Sunday 13th June at , Entry includes FREE Where's Wally costume for every Walker runner! Click on the link below to sign up. http://www.doitforcharity.com/register-online.aspx?eid=1231&cid=70600&charity=true 

* A very succesful World Book Day Bookfair held at Walker Books raised £310.50 – our first 1%!

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About the charity

National Literacy Trust

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RCN 1116260
The National Literacy Trust aims to create a society in which everyone has the reading, writing, speaking and listening skills that they need to fulfil their own and, ultimately, the nation’s potential.

Donation summary

Total raised
£29,167.66
+ £94.49 Gift Aid
Online donations
£487.00
Offline donations
£28,680.66

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