Building renovation began in March with the removal of the old roof and replacement with a new fully insulated one. This was followed by the removal of the old harling on the outside walls and now new insulated steel cladding (in a shade of green!) is being fitted. The work is progressing well and hopefully will be completed by the end of July and certainly in time for
Last week, we had a truly heartwarming moment at Books Abroad – our youngest ever volunteer, Grayson, visited us with his mum to help pack boxes of books for Bunono School in Uganda, a school close to his heart. A few years ago, Grayson took it upon himself to raise funds and successfully sent two pallets of books to the same school. Now, he's back
The Interact group at Alford Academy chose to support Books Abroad this year and collect old and unused books from the school community. The group held an appeal for 2 months to collect books of educational value that could be used by schools in need. Lorna Bell who volunteers for Books Abroad helped the group learn about the charity and collected the books after they