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Booktrust

Registered charity 313343, on the register since 1 July 1963. The 1,416th largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

Reading changes lives. Booktrust ensures all children and families have the opportunity to enjoy and be confident in their reading. We provide expertise for parents and professionals to make quality choices of reading for children. We engage with communities in the promotion of reading. And we advocate for national and local policies to recognise the social and economic importance of reading.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

Arts/culture/heritage/scienceEducation/training

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

Check it yourself

Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

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