Charity Support

We donate half of all proceeds from book sales to charity.  We change the charity we support regularly and since we opened the Café we have donated over £1,500 to various charities and local causes.
We are currently collecting donations for:
National Literacy Trust

National Literacy Trust are an independent charity working with schools and communities to give disadvantaged children the literacy skills to succeed in life.
​Here are the other charities and causes we have supported through the sale of our used books:
Marie Curie
We donated £112 to Marie Curie. 
The charity give care and support to people living with a terminal illness.​
Book Trust
We donated £500 to the Book Trust.  BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity. Each year they reach 2.5 million children across the UK with books, resources and support to help develop a love of reading.  They aim to transform lives by getting children and families reading.
Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity
We donated £330 to Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity.
They provides specialist nurses and family support for seriously ill children in the UK.  
​ The Brain Tumour Charity
We donated £206 to The Brain Tumour Charity.  They are at the forefront of the fight to defeat brain tumours, making a difference every day to the lives of people with a brain tumour and their families.
St Giles Primary School, Great Maplestead, library appeal
We donated £250 to St Giles Primary School, Great Maplestead, library appeal.  The local school were raising funds to turn their library into a learning space for the 21st century.  The money raised will be used to:
  • Refresh the book stock to better suit current needs.
  • Update the decor and furnishings.
  • Create a technology hub to broaden pupils’ access to information.
The Ramsey Academy Library and Learning Centre Refurbishment
We donated £200 to The Ramsey Academy Library and Learning  Centre Refurbishment.  The ambitious project to refurbish the existing library into a modern, vibrant library and learning centre to motivate and enthuse the students is an important development to ensure the development of literacy remain at the heart of the curriculum.