Image credit: Asthma and Lung UK (Singing for lung health, Norwich Breathe Easy)
DotScot Registry has been sponsoring the charitable work done by Iain McGeachin aka Ataxia.scot for over four years now and we’re very proud to be associated with his great work. The latest initiative is The Street Library which has already had a remarkable effect. First up on our charity blog series is Norwich Breathe Easy. We will blog about some of the other charities that have benefited as we go.
The Street Library
The Street Library enables people, and companies, to use their very own books (new or already-read) to raise funds for their own favourite charity.
Simply by leaving their Street Library-labelled books in public spaces, where they are then freely picked up by lucky book-finders.
And the fundraising part?
To say “Thanks” for being gifted their free book, these lucky book-finders are asked to donate a few pounds to the charity specified on a sticky label attached to the inside front cover of the book (the name of that charity being the choice of the original book donor).
Plus, in addition to being asked to make this small donation, book-finders, after reading their free book (and making their donation), are also asked to leave the same book in a public place again.
And the cycle continues. Indefinitely. Each book then becomes a source of repeat donations for the charity specified by the original book-donor.
Norwich Breathe Easy
Original article is available at: https://ataxia.scot/norwich-breathe-easy/
Teresa Anne Adams (@TaxiTeresa on Twitter) is using her Street Library books to raise funds for Norwich Breathe Easy.
The Norwich Breathe Easy support group (Registered Charity No: 1200970), affiliated to Asthma + Lung UK, provides support and advice for those living with a lung condition in the Norwich area.
Breathe Easy is the support network of Asthma + Lung UK (formed when Asthma UK merged with the British Lung Foundation in 2022), and provides mutual support to all people with lung disease, plus their family and carers, aiming to provide information and the opportunity for people to mix and make new friends. Each support group is run by volunteers and there are no membership fees.
Image Credit: Asthma and Lung UK (Manchester Marathon)
Meeting on the first Tuesday of every month (between 2pm and 4pm) in the St Faith Centre, Horsham St Faith’s (Norwich NR10 3LF), the Norwich Breathe Easy support group is somewhere for patients and carers, from all sections of the Norwich community, to share experiences in a supportive social setting.
Monthly speakers include Respiratory Consultants, Specialist Nurses, a Physiotherapist and Pharmacist.
Additionally, there is also a free-to-attend singing group, held on the last Tuesday of every month (at 1pm in the Willow Centre, Cringleford, NR4 7JJ). No experience is necessary, and all music and lyrics are provided. Refreshments are also available.
For details of both the monthly support group, and the monthly singing group, contact Paula Browne (tel. 07768 376771, or via email at paula.browne@nnuh.nhs.uk).
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Find full details of the Street Library charity fundraising scheme at:
Twitter: @StreetLibraryUK
Facebook: @StreetLibraryUK
Bluesky: @streetlibrary.ataxia.scot
Substack: streetlibrary.substack.com