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Children’s charity Street Child has been named The London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year for 2023.
Street Child’s mission statement is “to see all children safe in school and learning, especially in low resource environments and emergencies”. Since their first partnership in Sierra Leone in 2008, they now work across over 21 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Europe, supporting Ukraine, providing almost one million children with direct access to education and mental health provisions.
They have also supported over 100,000 adults through a range of programmes to make families self-sufficient and communities sustainable. As Charity of the Year 2023, Street Child will be given an exhibition space and seminar session at LBF in April, in addition to receiving extensive marketing support including promotion across social channels, before and during the event.
The charity will also benefit from a year-long promotion on LBF’s website, and online opportunities for fundraising and awareness. Gareth Rapley, director of The London Book Fair, said: “Street Child are an incredible charity, acting across education, economic empowerment, and protection programming.
“They play a crucial role in international aid: they actively seek out situations where there are gaps between assistance and need, intervening where they are needed the most – including, most recently, in Ukraine. Street Child have proven instrumental in helping children who are facing challenges and have limited to no access to schooling, ensuring safety as well as educational provisions. Huge congratulations to Street Child, and we look forward to celebrating the charity’s phenomenal work at LBF in April 2023."
In 2022, The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) was named LBF Charity of the Year. Other recent Charity of the Year recipients include Royal Voluntary Service in 2020-21, BAFTA Kids charity Place To Be in 2019, the Kitiwake Trust in 2018, and Worldreader in 2017.