# The View from the Shard chooses Booktrust as charity of the year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/01/21/view-shared-chooses-booktrust-charity-year/
- Published: 2013-01-21T10:07:35+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**One of London's newest visitor attractions has chosen Booktrust as its first charity
of the year. The View from The Shard will be supporting the charity's Children's
Reading Fund.**

[The Shard](http://www.theviewfromtheshard.com) is currently the tallest building
in Western Europe, and opens to the public next month. The Children's Reading Fund
was launched with a reception in the viewing galleries at the top of the Shard.

Waterstones and James Patterson in partnership with Random House are also corporate
partners of the Children's Reading Fund.

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The campaign aims to raise £2 million over three years to support disadvantaged 
children in the UK. The funds will be used to inspire disadvantaged and vulnerable
children aged between 4 and 11 to engage more with reading and writing "and thus
to change their own story".

www.booktrust.org.uk

_Photos: © The View from The Shard_

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