doncaster book awards
The Doncaster Book Award strives to promote reading for pleasure among our young
people, in order to create a positive attitude towards books and reading and to
extend reading choices. This will, in turn, lead to improved literacy levels,
better educational outcomes and thus improve future economic prospects for
Doncaster’s children. We also strive to provide children with opportunities for
new and exciting experiences based around books and reading, to encourage
positive social interaction between young people from all parts of the Borough
and thus help make Doncaster a thriving reading community. All About Us The
Doncaster Book Award (DBA) is a not-for-profit Social Enterprise Company Limited
by Guarantee. It is run by a committee of five volunteers who give their time
free of charge. We are fully inclusive and all our events and activities are
open to everyone and free to attend. ALL of the funding generated goes to cover
running costs and provide our young people with fun and exciting reading-based
activities. We are now into our 14th year of operation and have gone from 13
schools in our first year to over 75 in 2018. The DBA is unique in that it is
entirely child-led; the website, logo and slogan have all been originally
designed by the young people of Doncaster; they also choose the books on our
lists, and they vote for the shortlist and winner each year. No adult gets a
say! Our website is designed to give children a voice about what they are
reading via our Reviews page and to showcase their activities. We are developing
this idea further by providing slots for our young people on our monthly radio
show and podcast on Sine FM. We provide an exciting and varied programme of
events, activities and competitions that keep the profile of reading high,
generate enthusiasm and the idea that reading is fun. These have been extremely
varied and have included: visits from hugely popular authors such as Cressida
Cowell, Andy Cope, Darren Shan, Simon Mayo, Cathy Cassidy and many more
illustrator talks and workshops from artists including Chris Riddell, Viviane
Schwarz, Liz Million, Chris Mould and Martin Brown Drama and Dance workshops
working with a local theatre company, Talegate Theatre Vlogging workshops Poetry
slams Ceramics workshops Sports-themed events ... the list goes on! Check out
our Events page to see pictures and reports of our activities over the years.
None of this would be possible without the generous support of our sponsors and
we’d like to thank you all for helping to make it possible.
