# Read4Charity.co.uk raises £5,000 in first five months

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/05/23/read4charitycouk-raises-5000-first-five-months/
- Published: 2006-05-23T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Read4Charity.co.uk, the online books site that donates 15% of sales to charities,
has raised over £5,000 so far this year.
The site will be launched officially at
the Hay Literary Festival this week, one of the largest literary festivals in the
world.

 

 

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Compared to Amazon.co.uk, the site features a very small range of books for sale,
all of them at a discount. Nevertheless, the focus on a relatively small number 
of titles in the various categories might prove attractive to some shoppers.

 

 

Publishers involved in providing books for Read4Charity.co.uk include Hodder Headline,
Random House, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins and Penguin.

 

 

Funds generated are passed to the recipient charities on a quarterly basis. Current
charity partners include Scope, Shelter, Harvest Help, Breast Cancer Haven, and 
CLAPA – Cleft Lip and Palate Association. Each of them receive a branded webpage
on the Read4Charity website, which the charity can then direct its supporters to.

 

 

The site is open to other charities to participate.

 

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