This Christmas, why not get together with your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues to host your own book swap event.

Hosting your own book swap event is a great way to recycle your old books, whilst raising money for a fantastic cause.

When is the last time you read that book gathering dust at the back of your bookshelf? Would someone you know love to read it? Perhaps now is the time to give it a new home.

As we approach the cold winter months ahead, many families around the world are left without adequate shelter after experiencing conflict and disaster.

Could you spare a couple of hours over the festive period to host your own book swap event? You could even put on a pot of tea and ask people to bring some mince pies. It’s completely up to you how you host your event!

To download your helpful how-to guide, fundraising poster and event invitation, please scroll down to the bottom of this page.

Thank you for supporting ShelterBox. Your kind donations will help us reach the families who need us most.

Your helpful how-to guide will explain how to get the most out of your fundraising event. You can find the how-to guide here.

You can print off our fundraising poster with a QR code for people to scan, which will lead them directly to our JustGiving page. You can find the poster here.

Want to send your friends a personal invitation? Please feel free to print off the event invitation here. If you would prefer a simpler version for home printing, please get in touch.

To print these PDF documents, you will need to open the file on your desktop and then click on the 3 dots at the top of the page and then click on "print this file". Please see screenshot below.

If you are trying to print the file from your phone, you will need to download it first.

If you have any issues trying to access these fundraising resources, please email us directly at headbookworm@shelterbox.org.

Thank you.

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