City Council backs local multicultural book project for schools
gscene.comBrighton & Hove City Council (BHCC) is contributing £1,000 to a local campaign that would see more books in the city’s schools by authors, and featuring characters, from black, Asian and other minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.The Multicultural School Book Fund is a fundraising campaign set up by local parent Lisa Haygarth, which aims to raise £64,000 to provide the 64 primary and secondary schools in Brighton & Hove with a box of books each.Lisa is working with black-owned online children’s book retailer Black Star Books, as well as local independent children’s bookshop Book Nook, to help source books and resources.A 2018 study found that only 1% of British books feature a main character who is BAME, despite around 30% of the children in.
