Support
How does the Six Book Challenge work? Here we will provide all organisations already running or wanting to run the scheme with guidance, tips and ideas. Those who purchase materials will also receive regular email updates.
Here's a checklist to get you started.
What other organisations will you work with to run the Challenge?
What are your joint aims?
What audience will you target?
How will you encourage them to take part
Where will you get the books?
How will you keep the readers going?
How will you celebrate their achievements?
How will you measure the impact of the Challenge on readers?
How will you ensure they keep reading after they have completed the Challenge?
"The Six Book Challenge is an extremely useful tool to promote reading to learning providers and the community." Andrew Stansall, Community Development Librarian, Sheffield Libraries, who registered 220 participants in 2009, 110 of whom completed the Challenge
Latest resources
Here is some guidance for how to run the Six Book Challenge and some information on how best to use the materials in the Six Book Challenge pack. And here are some templates for you to use. Six Book Challenge...
Evaluation
Collecting data about participation in the Six Book Challenge and its impact on readers is crucial for monitoring the growing scale and scope of the scheme. We're making available a range of survey forms.
Training
We've run a couple of training days to support the Six Book Challenge 2010 in London and York. 'Very useful. Being new to the Six Book Challenge it gave me lots of ideas.'
Case studies
You can run the Six Book Challenge in whatever way best suits you. Here we've gathered some examples of what works. Plus some stories from people who've taken part in the Challenge about what it has meant to them.
