The Book Trade Charity

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The Book Trade Charity (BTBS), established 1837, is the trades own welfare charity, offering help to anyone who has worked in the trade for more than one year (employed, self-employed or freelance) in a range of roles across publishing, distribution and bookselling and who has a problem, whether personal, financial or health related. The Charity offers direct financial assistance to individuals in need through its Grants programme, giving one hundred thousand pounds in 2009; information and support through the confidential national Helpline (Freephone 0808 100 2304); and subsidised housing for some three dozen at Kings Langley in Hertfordshire. BTBS helps around 200 people a year, in circumstances which include disability, long-term illness, redundancy, debt including rent arrears, poverty, carer situations.

Our marathon runners for 2012 were truly awesome and our thanks go out to them:

Jamie Byng - 4:22:54

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JamieByng

Andrew Turner - 5:36:27

Rosy Locke - 6:26:30

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/sypUK 

Kelly Jennings-Robinson - 5:40:58

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/KellyJennings-Robinson

Rikhi Ubhi - 3:52:05

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/Rikhi-ubhi