The Children’s Book Project
Giving the gift of books to disadvantaged children
The Children’s Book Project collects new and gently-used books and redistributes them free to children and young people growing up in poverty.
The Axis Foundation’s donation in 2023 of £3,500 funded ten Pop up Book Huts in London schools – from where the children can choose their free books.
‘We would like to express our enormous gratitude to the Axis Foundation for its generosity. As a small, grassroots charity, we are entirely reliant on fundraising. This donation will have a big impact on the Children’s Book Project, helping us put books straight into the hands of the children that need them most” – Liberty Venn, Founder
The instantly-recognisable, bright green, painted huts have been used as a gifting mechanic for circa 24,000 books pa in rotation across 30 schools and are hugely popular with both pupils and teachers.
The story continues
In 2025, the Trustees of the Axis Foundation approved a further award of £4,000 to install 20 new book donation stations around London, facilitating the collection of books for onward gifting to schools. It is estimated that the new permanent book donation points, housed in high visibility sites across the capital such as corporate offices and shops, will each collect thousands of books annually, supporting tens of schools and many thousands of children to experience book ownership.
“Wow! Thank you so much! This is incredible news, we are absolutely thrilled to have your support again. This funding will make a real difference to our charity” – Kate Morgan-Evans, Grants & Engagement Manager
And there’s even more…
Axis volunteers Alfie Shortall, Phil Cornell and Arjinder Bhogal collected and delivered the book huts to local schools. And their colleagues Jake Thomas, Jasveen Grewal, Thomas Crane, Steve Harpley and Daniel Brownett sorted books at the charity’s warehouse in Westminster.
And the Axis Midlands team is currently hosting a book drive for The Children’s Book Project to support communities that present a high level of socioeconomic disadvantage and/or emotional need.
More about The Children’s Book Project
The Children’s Book Project charity sees first-hand how giving children access to books makes amazing things happen; vocabularies expand, empathy grows, imaginations are ignited and children learn.
‘’Receiving these books is changing the reading culture of our school in a positive way…The Book Project through their generosity has enabled us to provide books to children who had none at home’’ – Teacher, Southern Road Primary, E13
You can read more about the incredible work of The Children’s Book Project here
