Blues To Support 2023 Reading Challenge

Saturday 15th July will see players from Margate Men’s Senior and Women’s Senior sides take part in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge at Broadstairs Library.

Children aged 4-11 will be able to visit Kent Libraries to join a superstar team and their marvellous mascots and get involved in “Ready, Set, Read!”, which is themed around the power of play, sport, games and physical activity.

Through taking part in the challenge, with free materials from all Kent libraries and online via the Challenge website, children will be encouraged to keep their minds and bodies active over the summer break. The characters – brought to life by children’s author and illustrator Loretta Schauer – navigate a fictional summer obstacle course and track their reading as they go, rewarded by free incentives including stickers.

Through activity challenge cards from the Youth Sport Trust and a themed book collection, the Summer Reading Challenge aims to keep imaginations moving over the school holiday.

The Summer Reading Challenge has been running since 1999 and helps to improve children’s reading skills and confidence over the summer holidays, ensuring they are ready for their return to school. With the help of local libraries, the Summer Reading Challenge is accessible to all and provides a fun, free activity for children.

Last year, well over 16,000 Kent youngsters took part in the Challenge by visiting a library in person, and a further 1,900 children took part online.

Margate Director Ryan Day is delighted that the club are taking part in this year’s event.

“As a Club we have a duty to support our local community. The reading challenge is a great way to get children into reading books which has so many benefits to their academic learning.”

“Our players from both the Men and Women’s team are really looking forward to reading some books to the children of Thanet and meeting lots of future fans.”

This particular event will take place at Broadstairs Library on Saturday 15th July 2023 between 11am-Noon.

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