Did your dad inspire your love of reading? Help us hit the £5,000 target to roll out FRED: The Fatherhood Institute

Did your dad inspire your love of reading? Help us hit the £5,000 target to roll out FRED

22 June 2015

Huge thanks to our key supporters – we’re over half way to our £5,000 FRED crowdfunding target.

We have 6 days left to hit the target.

We have some wonderful rewards on offer! £100 gets you lunch and a story with Charlie Condou. For £50 a copy of our unique Read Said FRED anthology. £20 gets you 10 limited edition FRED bookplates for your children’s books.

If you haven’t pledged yet, join us! Set aside 10 minutes, make a cup of tea and head over to our Crowdfunder page where you can pledge some money to help us bring FRED to 3,000 children and give them the gift of a story with dad. Once you have done this tell a friend or five friends and ask them to do the same.

Watch our video appeal by Sir Tony Robinson

Tags: Early years, fathers story week, For fathers, FRED, Schools

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