13 November 2019
We are delighted to announce that Coram Beanstalk has been chosen by The Old Vic Theatre as it’s charity partner this Christmas. The Old Vic will work with Coram Beanstalk through staff volunteering, a potential reading scheme in the theatre’s planned new Annex, and will benefit from The Old Vic’s bucket collections throughout the stage production of A Christmas Carol 2019.
On the Charity Partner scheme, Executive Director, Kate Varah said:
The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol inspires a collective spirit of generosity in our audiences towards those around them. It feels entirely right each year to harness this spirit for the benefit of another charity whose activities align with those that Dickens upheld. Through the creation of the Ragged School, Dickens campaigned to tackle the inequalities of access to education and we are delighted to work with an organisation that continues to address such issues within today’s society. Coram Beanstalk helps children develop a love of reading which will set them up for life.
You can Give the Gift of Reading this Christmas by making a donation to Coram Beanstalk. Just £5 will enable us to purchase a book which will be shared between a trained reading helper and child they support with reading each week!