Books in Homes® is a charitable foundation that provides books-of-choice to children living in remote, disadvantaged and low socio-economic circumstances, ensuring crucial early literacy engagement and the development of reading skills needed for lifelong achievement.
Please donate to support our vision to create an Australia where every child and family has access to books in the home.
At the end of 2023, Books in Homes surpassed the 3 million books distributed mark. The Books in Homes program aims to overcome the inequality of educational opportunities in communities where access to books for families is limited or non-existent and resources are often scarce. In doing so, the program […]
Read more...We’re approaching the holiday break so we want to express our appreciation to our supporters… thank you to our Sponsors, Donors, Role Models, volunteers, schools, and communities. Your dedication has resulted in the distribution of 129,048 books through 2023. This means we have crossed our 3 million books distributed threshold! Congratulations to everyone for every […]
Read more...The Mainfreight Award for Excellence in Attitude was launched in 2019. The award recognises senior students at our Mainfreight-sponsored school who have shown a positive attitude in all areas of school life or who have been recognised for having accomplished a major goal or made an exceptional effort at school during the year. […]
Read more...Sharing Best Practice (SBP) is a grassroots movement comprised of educators and allied health professionals who, through SBP conferences and events across Australia, share best practice pedagogies and current, scientifically-backed practices. On April 29 2023, Corrimal High School hosted the first Sharing Best Practice Illawarra. Over 200 educators attended this event […]
Read more...On Tuesday 28 August 2023, the Rotary Club of Turramurra held a Trivia Night at the Turramurra Bowling Club to raise money to renew participation of Moree East Public School onto the 2024 Books in Homes primary program. Around 130 members of the Turramurra club, as well as associated clubs, […]
Read more...For some 17 years, Glencore has been a stalwart supporter of the Charitable Foundation for Books in Homes Australia, and recently achieved delivering a milestone 200,000 Books in Homes to primary school students across North-West Queensland. Books in Homes Australia congratulates Glencore on their extraordinary achievement and thanks them greatly […]
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