Join Manchester’s One Million Minutes challenge!
30 October – 10 November
Every minute counts – if we reach One Million Minutes of reading, we will be able to ‘unlock’ book boxes for local community groups and donate a day of storytelling for children at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
You can get involved as a school or community group by joining the Challenge and logging your reading 30 October – 10 November.
What is the One Million Minutes challenge?
In hospital, books provide escape, distraction, comfort and reassurance. Read for Good supplies brand new books and a professional storyteller who works with children on the wards. Our One Million Minutes challenge will be supporting these children and their families to access books and reading at a time when it really matters.
In 2019, we brought you the hugely successful Manchester Readathon, so Read for Good and Read Manchester are joining forces again to launch a fantastic free challenge to promote reading in your school, business or community and support children’s reading in hospital. The ten schools/organisations/individuals contributing the most minutes will be invited to nominate a local community group to receive a box of fabulous new books.
Schools – here’s what you need to know
- Sign up to get early-bird access to free in-person and virtual meet-the-author sessions during the Challenge
- Free, online tool – Track My Read - to capture and analyse reading in your school for the Challenge and beyond
- Register by 15th October and be entered into a prize draw to win 50 books for your school library (one primary, one secondary)
- You can log your minutes for the Challenge by using Track My Read or by letting us know your total minutes (we’ll explain more once you register)
- Register here to take part in the Challenge
- Why not set up your own challenge to read more in your class than other classes in school? Or if you’re in a Trust, you could challenge other schools to read too
- There is no cost and no sponsorship ask
Community groups/businesses – here's what you need to know
- Everyone reading will help us create a city of readers! Why not register your organisation and set yourselves your own target to read more than your friends/colleagues or other teams? A bit of healthy competition can be motivating!
- Register here to take part in the Challenge
- This Challenge is for EVERYONE (although some of the language on Track My Read is directed at schools)
- You can log your minutes for the Challenge by using Track My Read or by letting us know your total minutes (we’ll explain more once you register)
- There is no cost and no sponsorship ask
So now you know, there’s one million reasons to join in! Head to Read for Good to find out more.
