Bookmark was set up with a very simple vision: we want every child to read.

Currently, more than one in four children leave primary school unable to read well. Disadvantaged children are disproportionately affected, leaving primary school on average a year behind their peers. Furthermore, one in eight children in the UK don’t own a book of their own at home.

Children who don't read well are more likely to drop out of school, become unemployed, or even have a shorter life expectancy.

Bookmark works to improve children’s literacy in the UK by promoting a whole-school reading culture in schools for children aged 5-10 in the most disadvantage communities.

Here are a few ways you could help:

£14 = Gift a school a headset to run our One-to-one Reading Programme

£50 = Gift 100 children The Story Corner magazine to enjoy at home

£100 = Gift a school 20 brand-new high quality and diverse books for their library

£250 = Support two children at risk of falling behind with a One-to-one Reading Programme, so they can develop the reading skills they need to succeed

£500 = Gift 15 Story Starter packs to incoming reception-age children, filled with resources that help ignite the joy of reading from an early age

£1,000 = Gift a school a year’s worth of books, reading resources and teacher training

£2,000 = Gift three schools the books and resources they need to run Comic Book Clubs and engage reluctant readers

Thank you for supporting Bookmark and for helping to change children’s life stories.