Booktober
About
About WestWords
WestWords is dedicated to celebrating and championing the stories of the people, places and cultures that comprise the heart of Western Sydney. We believe that the power of literature, self-expression and creativity can absolutely change the lives of children and young people and by participating in Booktober you too can be part of that change.
Your support provides children and young people in Western Sydney with an opportunity to develop literacy and life skills through the telling their own stories.
Our home is Western Sydney. For over a decade we have been:
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like minded individuals and organisations (including teachers, schools, universities, libraries, arts organisations), we identify the need, imagine the potential and work with our partners to tailor programs uniquely suited to young people and their contexts.
About Booktober
Booktober™ is quite simply an annual event held during the month of October encouraging people to read more books!
In the process, each person (affectionately known as a Bookworm!) can opt in to raise funds to support WestWords in providing books and literacy programs to under resourced schools within the Greater Western Sydney region that may not have access to these types of opportunities.
There’s lots of walks, runs and shaves for charity but now there’s an event where you can stop, breathe and read a book – all for a good cause! It’s really simple. Decide how many books you’ll read during October OR how long for each day you’ll read, make that pledge and encourage your friends and family to support you with a secure online donation.
You can give a kid a book and feed their imagination for a day. Or you can teach them how to write their own stories and change their lives forever.
Through Booktober, together we can do both!
