Books Beyond Bars Uk

Welcome Who are we and what do we do? Books Beyond Bars UK is a collective of volunteers who send books and other educational materials, free of charge, to incarcerated LGBTQIA+ people across the United Kingdom. If you are an LGBTQIA+ person in prison, or know someone who is, click here for a copy of our main order form or here for a ‘discreet’ version with the full name of the project and any specific reference to LGBTQIA+ content removed. We receive letters from LGBTQIA+ people in prison in the UK stating what kinds of books and/or resources they want and need. From the books and zines we have in stock we then put together packages containing books, educational materials, and LGBTQIA+ resources. We try to meet requests as closely as possible based on genre and type from the books donated to us. Our decision to launch this project in the UK has been inspired by our sister project in the US, LGBT Books to Prisoners. The team there have sent book parcels to more than 8,000 incarcerated people across the US. To do this work, we rely on donations of books and funds to cover costs such as postage.