Win £1,000 / €1,000 for your school’s library

Read for Good and National Book Tokens have worked in partnership for many years, bringing the joy of being able to choose and keep a book to thousands of children.

• Thousands of schools run Readathon® because it's a proven, fun way to get pupils reading for pleasure. Money raised through Readathon supports Read for Good's hospital programme, bringing the magic of books and stories to children in hospitals across the UK.
• Explore the wonderful world of books through our Reading Journey posters – created to appeal to pupils who are not sure what they’d like to read.
• Apply for one of Read for Good’s Brilliant Box of Books, helping schools and community settings in need get a boost of books!
• Get reading inspiration from their Books We Love page - ideal if you’re buying new books for your school.
• And for more reading resources go to readforgood.org and sign up to Read for Good's termly newsletter to find out about free author events, book giveaways and more!

National Book Tokens have inspired booklovers for more than 90 years, empowering readers to choose just the right books for them. National Book Tokens gift cards are accepted in hundreds of bookshops across the UK and Ireland, and online.

Available to purchase in bookshops, supermarkets, or online – including personalised and e-gift cards, and Bookily – there are designs for booklovers of all ages and for all occasions. National Book Tokens gift cards are produced on FSC-certified card, have an expiry of 8 years from last use, and expired cards can be replaced.

Find out how National Book Tokens can be used to reward, inspire and incentivise children and students.

Rewards for education

2024

• Baldragon Academy, Dundee
• Astrea Academy, Doncaster
• Gaelscoil Chnoc Liamhna, Dublin
• Kingsbury Green Academy, Wiltshire
• Malmesbury Primary School, Tower Hamlets

2023

• St John's and St Peter's Academy, Birmingham 
• North Huddersfield Trust School, Huddersfield
• Scoil Bhríde Lann Léire, Co. Louth 
• Sporle C of E Primary Academy, Norfolk 
• Ysgol Ffordd Dyffryn, Llandudno 

2022

• Archbishop Temple Church of England High School, Lancashire
• Batley Girls' High School, West Yorkshire 
• Finn Valley College, Donegal
• Hanslope Primary School, Milton Keynes 
• Star of the Sea RC Primary School, Tyne and Wear

Prizes:

Five winning schools will each receive:

• £1,000/€1,000 of National Book Tokens gift cards
• £300/€300 in cash

1 x £100/€120 National Book Tokens gift card will be awarded to each of the five entrants whose nominations are picked

• No purchase necessary to enter the prize draw.
• Opening date: Monday 2nd June 2025.
• Closing date: 11:59pm, Thursday 31st July 2025.
• Only one entry per person will be accepted. Entrants may not win more than one prize.
• Entrants must be aged 16 or over and residents of the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and Republic of Ireland. This prize draw is not open to employees of The Booksellers Association, Book Tokens Ltd., their immediate families, members of The Booksellers Association, or anyone else connected with this promotion.
• Entrants may not win more than one prize, but multiple entrants may nominate the same school. 
• For the purposes of this prize draw a 'school' is defined as any public sector or independent primary, post-primary, middle or secondary school, sixth form college, special school, or pupil referral unit, in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and the Republic of Ireland.
• Early Years settings, including private nurseries and preschools, and home educators, are not eligible to win.
• Prizes are non-transferable, subject to availability, and there are no cash alternatives. The Promoter reserves the right to amend the specification of the prize or offer an alternative prize of equivalent or greater value in the event of unforeseen circumstances. In exceptional circumstances, the Promoter reserves the right to foreclose the prize draw without notice.
• National Book Tokens gift cards or e-gift cards can be spent in participating bookshops. 
• The cash prize of £300/€300 per winning school will be paid into the school's bank account or building society.
• Entrants must complete the form to enter. At the Promoter's discretion, entries submitted via any other method may be considered invalid.
• The Promoter may disqualify any entrant whose entry does not comply with these terms and conditions (in Promoter's sole opinion) or who (in Promoter's sole determination) has acted in a manner that is fraudulent, dishonest or unjust to other entrants including, without limitation, tampering with the operation of the prize draw, manipulating or rigging votes, hacking, deceiving, cheating or by harassing or threatening other entrants or a representative of Promoter.
• Entrants agree to the use of their personal data by the Promoter for the purposes of administering the prize draw. The Promoter may publish the full name and county of winners after the prize draw has closed, and will make the last name and county of winners available on request. Please make this request to booktokens@booktokens.co.uk and state the name of the prize draw in the subject line. The request must be received within 10 weeks of the closing date. If Entrants do not want these details to be published or made available, please notify the email address above. Please note that we are required to make these details available on request to the ASA. Information on how we process personal data can be found in our Privacy Policy.
• The Promoter will select winners at random from all qualifying entries within 14 days of the closing date, and will notify winners by email within 30 days of the closing date. In the event of a winner not responding within 14 days of being contacted, or if a winner declines to accept the prize, the Promoter reserves the right to allocate the prize to another winner, or foreclose the prize. Unsuccessful entrants will not be contacted. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for entrants not receiving the Promoter's communications due to their spam filter, accidental deletion, invalid email address provided, or for any other reason.
• The Promoter will make all reasonable effort to ensure the delivery of prizes to winners, but accepts no responsibility or liability for prizes that are not received once they have been despatched due to circumstances beyond the Promoter's control.
• The Promoter's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
• By entering the prize draw, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
• Promoter: Book Tokens Ltd, 6 Bell Yard, London, WC2A 2JR.