Books for London
Book swapping in London
We need you for book swaps for London!
One of the main aims of the Book Swaps for London campaign is to encourage community groups and interested people to run book swaps on an ongoing basis. We need volunteers to help set up book swaps in their local train or tube stations, and then be responsible for collecting, keeping and re-stocking their swap … Continue reading
We’re the winning idea of the #ideas4Mayor competition!
Yesterday, the Centre for London got in touch to let us know that the Book Swaps for London Campaign had been selected as the winner of the #ideas4mayor competition! On Monday, we’ll be presenting our plan to Boris Johnson at the inaugural London Policy Conference. The Evening Standard has a piece on it today, which … Continue reading
Update: Book swapping in Reading and take our survey!
It’s been a busy week here at Book Swap towers! Yesterday we finished the job we began on Monday of taking the books from the 1st to the 6th floor of OPEN Ealing. We had lots of help, so it didn’t take long. And this is what we have now: We’re going to spend the … Continue reading
How we plan on giving 15,000 books away
Well the reality of having 15,000 books (we double checked the numbers!) is now finally setting in. We really don’t want to hang on to these at all – we want to give them away to people who want and need them. So, how do we plan to do this? Well… We’ve found that we … Continue reading
How to move 8000kg of books to the top floor of an office building in Ealing – get some help!
Today saw an absolutely herculean effort by a team made up of amazing volunteers. Together, we unloaded 14,000 books in 14 pallets from an 18tonne truck – each pallet weighing over 550kg! Check out some of the action – (click each picture to enlarge): We put the call out on Twitter and on Ealing Today … Continue reading
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