Siobhan Dowd Trust
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Trust set up by the author Siobhan Dowd. Our aim: to bring the joy of reading to the young people who need it most. Tweets by @katepowling, Trust Director
London, England
Joined September 2012
I keep seeing people implying that somehow because there's no dialogue the writer didn't write this. This is the most written thing I've seen in ages. That's why there's no words.
The first episode of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was originally broadcast on this day in 1979. This BBC2 screening was swiftly followed by a two part omnibus repeat on BBC1 during Christmas 1979.
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Government lawyers will ask the Court of Appeal to overturn the controversial injunction banning asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel. The legal battle comes despite the Refugee Council adding its voice to calls for the Home Office to stop using so-called 'Asylum
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Our pupils visited @PritchardsBooks today and explored the shelves and chose new titles for our library thanks to a generous £500 grant from @sdowdtrust The children discussed authors, read blurbs, and collaborated with the shop staff to pick out the most captivating books.
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OCTOBER 2024 #bookshopspree winners - we have 7 Mossfield Primary, Salford £500; Kinetic Academy £500; St Edmunds, Wolverhampton £750; River Tees Secondary Academy £500; Brecknock Primary, Camden £500; Holy Spirit Academy, Liverpool £500; Cairns Primary, Cambuslang £500
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SEPTEMBER (2024 sorry - long overdue!) #bookshopspree winners: St Columba's College, Portaferry £500 Oasis Academy Watermead, Sheffield £500 Dudhope House Young People's Unit, Dundee £500 & St Francis de Sales Junior School, Liverpool £750 All winners will be emailed!
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And the #bookshopspree winners for AUGUST are 2 schools: Falconbrook Primary, Clapham £750; East Markham Primary, Nottingham £750 Pls check emails for next steps!
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#Bookshopspree winners for JULY continued now (winners will have just had an email re next steps) St Mary's Primary, Hadleigh Suffolk £500 Rotherfield Primary £500 2/2
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#Bookshopspree winners for JULY (the 7 winning schools have just had an email re next steps) Anfield Rd Primary, Liverpool £500 The Blue Secondary School, Wells £750 The Oaks Primary, Ellesmere Port £500 Marden Lodge, Caterham £650 St Paul's Primary, Brinnington £650 1/2
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#Bookshopspree June winners continued: Ark John Primary Academy, Battersea £500; Chadwell Heath Academy, Romford £1000; and Ormiston Horizon Academy, Turnstall, Stoke on Trent £500. 2/2 that's all until end of the month when I hope to do July & August entries!
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#Bookshopspree winners for JUNE now (all 6 winners will have just had an email re next steps) West Chiltington Community School, W Sussex £500; Hall Rd Academy, Hull £500; Culgaith CofE School, Cumbria £500. 1/2 continued....
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#Bookshopspree winners for MAY: **We have two** The Charter School, East Dulwich £1000; Ormiston Bollingbroke Academy, Runcorn £750
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THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH. Cannot wait to tell the children 😁 @kirkstallvps
March 2024 Bookshopspree winners continued, 2/2: Glebe Farm School, Milton Keynes £500; Wheelwright Lane Primary, Coventry £500; Holyrood Academy, Chard £650; Kirkstall Valley Primary, Leeds £500.
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There are 4 April 2024 Bookshopspree winners: Treetops Learning Community Trust, Grays, Essex £650; The Westwood Academy, Coventry £650; Portal House School, Dover £500; Pakeman Primary School, Islington £500.
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March 2024 Bookshopspree winners continued, 2/2: Glebe Farm School, Milton Keynes £500; Wheelwright Lane Primary, Coventry £500; Holyrood Academy, Chard £650; Kirkstall Valley Primary, Leeds £500.
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March 2024 Bookshopspree winners (we have 8 so will split this into 2) 1/2: Lee Bridge Nursery & Infants, West Yorkshire £500; Town Farm Primary, Spelthorne £500; Churchfield Church School, Sedgemoor £650; Brampton Primary, Gillingham £650...
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February 2024 bookshopspree winners: Upton Primary, Macclesfield £500; Streatham Wells Primary, Lambeth £500; Lapford Community Primary, Devon £500; Weston Mill Primary, Plymouth £500; Holy Family Primary, Co Derry £850; St Matthews Catholic Primary, Liverpool £650.
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So... the JANUARY BOOKSHOPSPREE WINNERS ARE: Bow Brickhill Primary, Bedfordshire £500; Whitehall Primary, Chingford £650; Sacred Heart School, Sheffield £650; Norton Juxta Kempsey Primary, Worcestershire £500 Sorry if not you... you are welcome to reapply but do redraft!
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After too long a delay (sorry!) pleased to say that this week I'll be announcing all the spree winners for January/February/March/April 2024! In mid-November will announce May/June 2024 & in December July/August (September/October/November/December probably the New Year)
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We had a fantastic time choosing books for the library at Waterstones today. Thank you for the book spree Siobhan Dowd Trust.
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Wow! What an amazing afternoon! Thanks to the incredible @sdowdtrust, we have chosen some fantastic news books for school from @KenilworthBook....and enjoyed a hot chocolate whilst we had a little read!
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