What we do to encourage reading
The best way to encourage someone to read - give them a book!
What we do to encourage reading
Big Book Giveaway
Big Book Giveaway 2018
Big Book Giveaway 2019
Literacy
Encouraging reading in schools
ESOL bingo
A project to help improve fluency for local community members for whom English is not their first language
Big Book Giveaway 2017
Every year, members of Manchester Breakfast and Stockport Lamplighter
Rotary Clubs, together with friends from Rotaract Manchester International,
gather outside a local supermarket, and give away hundreds of books -
absolutely free.
This event is usually scheduled for the beginning of March, both to tie in with World Book Day, and with this traditionally having been Rotary's Literature Month. And what better way to encourage literacy and a love of reading than by giving away books!
The giveaway is extremely popular, with some two thousand books being taken over the course of a few hours. Children's books are always in high demand, with stocks typically disappearing in the first couple of hours.
The club has also supplied children's books and dictionaries to local schools, organised a scheme to help community members improve their English, and club members have been involved with one-to-one reading support.
