BAG BOOKS



"Multi-sensory stories for people with learning disabilities"


BAG BOOKS   
1 STEWARTS COURT
218-220 STEWARTS ROAD
LONDON
United Kingdom
SW8 4UB
Telephone: (+44) 020 7627 0444
Fax: (+44) 020 7627 0999
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Activities  (Additional information provided by charity)Additional information provided by charity

Bag Books aims to enhance the lives of children and adults with learning disabilities through the use of multi-sensory books.

Our key activities are: the design and production of a range of multi-sensory books; providing specialist multi-sensory storytellers; and training others (parents, carers, librarians and teachers) in multi-sensory storytelling technique.

Services (Additional information provided by charity)Additional information provided by charity

  • Promoting the benefits of multi-sensory storytelling.
  • Creating and distributing age-appropriate stories to people with learning disabilities.
  • Arranging story-telling sessions to children and adults.
  • Training parents, carers, teachers and librarians in using multi-sensory story-packs.

Recent accomplishments/awards (Additional information provided by charity)Additional information provided by charity

  • Bag Books was the first - and is still the only - organisation in the world publishing multi-sensory stories for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
  • Each year we reach around 15,000 children and adults with learning disabilities.
  • We were runner-up in the “Success Stories 2007” awards run by the London Voluntary Service Council.
  • In June 2010 we made our 10,000th book

Charity category Additional information provided by charity

  • Education/Training
  • Disability

Charity Act 2006 classfications

  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health or the saving of lives
  • The relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiary group (Additional information provided by charity)Additional information provided by charity

  • People with a disability/Special Needs
  • Children/Young people
  • Adults
  • Older people
  • Carers of people with learning disabilities

Area of benefit (Additional information provided by charity)Additional information provided by charity

  • UK

Financial profile for period ending 31 December 2009
  31 December 2009   £ 31 December 2008   £
Total income 397,738 307,056
Total expenditure 318,955 356,952


Regulatory filing
    Financial year end  
Trustees' annual reportDec 31 2009   

    Annual return cycle   Date received
Charity Commission annual return 13 May 2010



Organisation
Number of trustees: (Additional information provided by charity)(Additional information provided by charity) 9
Number of employees:  (Additional information provided by charity)Additional information provided by charity 13
Number of volunteers:  (Additional information provided by charity)Additional information provided by charity 75
Year established:  (Additional information provided by charity)Additional information provided by charity 1993



How to help this charity (Additional information provided by charity)

Bag Books relies on charitable support to continue our work in schools, libraries, communities and homes across the UK. If you can support us with a donation, please do so via https://www.charitychoice.co.uk/donation.asp?ref=157238 or by contacting us directly.

If your company or social group might be able to offer some help, please let us know and we will be happy to contact them.

We are also always on the look-out for items we can recyle and use in our books. For details of objects needed please visit http://www.bagbooks.org/objectsneeded.html

Thank you.

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