The Book Trade Charity (BTBS)

Arthur Thompson

Arthur Runs a Marathon

Arthur Runs a Marathon

My Story

 

By sponsoring this run you are supporting the future health of the book industry.

In October, I will be running the London Marathon for The Book Trade Charity, which provides financial aid and housing for those in need of support in publishing, distribution, bookselling, printing, bookbinding, restoration and conservation – particularly those with difficult personal circumstances and new entrants to the trade who need help overcoming the often significant barriers to entry.

The charity offers education, training and encouragement to help younger people enter the trade and supports initiatives encouraging reading among younger people. Examples include:

  • help with training, living costs for post-graduate degrees and online learning support
  • covering interview costs (e.g., travel, subsistence and overnight accommodation) and membership fees (e.g., for The Society of Young Publishers)
  • supporting paid internships – travel, subsistence, rent and general living costs

The hope is that this support specifically helps the publishing industry fulfil its aim of promoting and improving diversity and inclusion, which has historically been poor.

Housing facilities include 17 apartments (Bookbinders Cottages in Whetstone), which are short-term ‘steppingstone’ tenancies for people starting their careers who consider themselves to be underrepresented entrants, facing financial hardship, currently in insecure or unsuitable housing or have an unreasonable or challenging commute to London. For older people, perhaps retired and in need of financial support, there is studio, one-bed and two-bed housing at Kings Langley and Barnet.

The charity provides a range of social welfare support, from emergency payments for household repairs to subsidies for those on low incomes. A security deposit for a bookshop worker needing to move flats is a recent example.

They also support individuals and families through critical illnesses, such as those looking after partners with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. And they recently helped 89 booksellers and bookshops in hardship as a result of the pandemic.

I will be grateful for any support over the coming months as I aim to turn a gut and weak knees into a running machine.

Thanks to all!

Arthur

The Book Trade Charity (BTBS)

Raising for:

The Book Trade Charity (BTBS)
112%

Funded

  • Target
    £1,500
  • Raised so far
    £1,686
  • Number of donors
    46

My Story

 

By sponsoring this run you are supporting the future health of the book industry.

In October, I will be running the London Marathon for The Book Trade Charity, which provides financial aid and housing for those in need of support in publishing, distribution, bookselling, printing, bookbinding, restoration and conservation – particularly those with difficult personal circumstances and new entrants to the trade who need help overcoming the often significant barriers to entry.

The charity offers education, training and encouragement to help younger people enter the trade and supports initiatives encouraging reading among younger people. Examples include:

  • help with training, living costs for post-graduate degrees and online learning support
  • covering interview costs (e.g., travel, subsistence and overnight accommodation) and membership fees (e.g., for The Society of Young Publishers)
  • supporting paid internships – travel, subsistence, rent and general living costs

The hope is that this support specifically helps the publishing industry fulfil its aim of promoting and improving diversity and inclusion, which has historically been poor.

Housing facilities include 17 apartments (Bookbinders Cottages in Whetstone), which are short-term ‘steppingstone’ tenancies for people starting their careers who consider themselves to be underrepresented entrants, facing financial hardship, currently in insecure or unsuitable housing or have an unreasonable or challenging commute to London. For older people, perhaps retired and in need of financial support, there is studio, one-bed and two-bed housing at Kings Langley and Barnet.

The charity provides a range of social welfare support, from emergency payments for household repairs to subsidies for those on low incomes. A security deposit for a bookshop worker needing to move flats is a recent example.

They also support individuals and families through critical illnesses, such as those looking after partners with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. And they recently helped 89 booksellers and bookshops in hardship as a result of the pandemic.

I will be grateful for any support over the coming months as I aim to turn a gut and weak knees into a running machine.

Thanks to all!

Arthur