As the 2024 school summer term comes to an end, it’s pleasing to report that the Rotary club of the City of Wolverhampton has been able to supply 3100 b

ooks this academic year, bringing our overall total to 7645 to 8 local schools and settings, including the Haven Refuge for the victims of domestic violence.

The scheme – illustrated in the attached – provides a constant supply of good quality books for school pupils of all ages, competely free of charge. The children are able to keep the books and our appointed Rotarian maintains the supply by staying in touch with the appointed school staff member who selects the books, collecting them from our store and delivering them to the school. We start with an initial supply of around 200 books and top up the stock, usually once a term.

We can also make book storage units available, free of charge, if the schools need one.

Our stock is usually around 90,000. The books are donate

d to us and each one is carefully checked for suitability and quality.

Our thanks go to Wolverhampton Rotarians Polly Bhambra, Mike Boyce, David Cheadle, Norman Holmes, Richard Horrell and Sally Woods who have been involved under the leadership of the District Alumni Association co-chair Beverley Ricketts and PDG Richard Green.

A significant number of clubs across the District are also involved and we recently passed the milestone of 100,000 books supplied.