The charity has cancelled its Early Years Awards, John Llewellyn Rhys and Teenage Prize 2011, scheduled to take place this autumn, but says it intends to run them in the future if they are able to secure new sponsorship.
In March, the Department for Education announced it would be halving the funding the charity receives to £13.5m allocated over two years. This followed the Government’s decision to reverse their decision just before Christmas to cut all funding for Booktrust, after protests from the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and other children’s authors (News 2 March 2011).
A statement on the charity’s website said, ‘As you will be aware, the last few months have been particularly challenging for Booktrust. Our new funding settlement with the Department for Education has allowed us to protect the universal offer of the national bookgifting programmes, but it has nonetheless forced us to undertake a thorough review of all of the prizes and projects in the Booktrust portfolio.’
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