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Our impact

The year 2024 marked the first full year of our ambitious long-term strategy, focused on addressing critical challenges in UK children’s publishing through 3 key priorities:

  1. Increasing accessibility to inclusive children’s books for parents and children across the UK
  2. Supporting under-represented authors and illustrators working within the UK children’s publishing
  3. Challenging the publishing industry to reflect and provoke meaningful change

We are proud of the significant progress we’ve made in partnership with independent publishers, booksellers and literacy organisations, working together to bring our mission to life and create a more inclusive future for children’s literature.

Below, we highlight the key achievements of 2024 that demonstrate the tangible impact of our efforts across these three priorities:

Priority 1

1,124 titles reviewed and uploaded to our online database

1,200 free books already donated to schools via our new IBC Book Box initiative (1,200 aditional books to be delivered early 2025)

11 independent bookshops across the UK signed-up to our IBC Bookshelf campaign

Priority 2

6 awards given to recognise the work of authors and illustrators who demonstrated excellence in inclusive children’s literature in 2024

4 grants provided to help fund the following vital organisations supporting under-represented authors and illustrations in the UK:

Priority 3

Published our first-ever impactful Excluded Voices report in October 2024

Based on the exhaustive analysis of our book database, the report examined the extent to which British authors and illustrators from marginalised communities input into the creation of Own Voice stories for children

Learn more about our mission

If you want to know more about our wider work or would like to receive a copy of our grant-making policy, please Contact us.