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Yesterday saw the EDF Energy Half Marathon take place in Birmingham. I was pleased to get round in 1:48 – just shy of my target time.
Thankfully donations for VRH didn’t fall short and I’m pleased to say that we’ve raised enough to fund the Helper based at Herne Bay Infant School for 2010-11.
A few odds and ends are still coming in from generous folk who weren’t able to donate online – and there’s still time to click on the widget above and give to this outstanding literacy charity. Every penny goes towards helping school pupils become literate for life.
This week on Books and Adventures we’ll be starting the long-awaited series on the late Australian writer Patricia Wrightson, and following that up with news from Paint the Town Read, an exciting literacy scheme that runs down under.
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