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It costs £23 per child per year to run a RIF project.
This includes three free books per child (using publisher
discounts), support costs (i.e. a handbook, ongoing support
from your project manager, a subscription to our termly magazine, RIF, UK Update and
access to password-protected areas of this website) and materials
costs (a RIF bag and bookmark for each child, three stickers
and bookplates for each child, a set of posters to promote
your project, and a family activity pack for each child to
take home).
RIF handbooks are only available to project coordinators running
registered RIF projects. They contain a great deal of specific
information that is only relevant to trained RIF volunteers.
If you are thinking of applying to run a RIF project and are
looking for more information, please visit the 'About RIF'
pages or contact us.
If you are currently running a project and have mislaid your
handbook, please contact
your project manager.
RIF discounts may only be used by registered RIF projects
with an active RIF code. Once your project has come to an
end, your RIF code will no longer be valid and you will no
longer be eligible for discounted book purchases. Publishers
are provided with a list of valid RIF codes and any orders
on expired codes will be refused.
How do I access the password-protected areas of the website?
The password-protected areas of the website may only be accessed by registered RIF projects. The username and password can be found in the RIF handbook or obtained from your project manager.
Registered RIF projects recieve posters
to advertise their RIF events. We regret
that we are not able to provide posters or promotional materials
for general use. The National Reading Campaign provides a
range of resources that can be downloaded via its website
- www.readon.org.uk
(opens in a new window).
RIF is a national initiative and projects run all over the
UK in locations such as Exeter, Glasgow, Belfast, Sheffield
and Cardiff as well as London. We are always delighted to
hear from people interested in running or supporting projects
anywhere in the UK, so please do contact
us.
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The contact details for that publisher may have changed. Download
the latest version of the publisher
list here to check you have the correct details. If you
still have problems contacting them, please contact your project
manager for help.
Call the publisher and ask to speak to the contact named on
the publisher list. Make sure you have your order details
to hand. Explain the situation and ask what can be done. If
you have problems contacting the publisher, contact your
project manager for assistance.
Call the publisher and ask to speak to the contact named on
the publisher list. Make sure you have your order details
to hand. Explain the situation and ask what can be done. If
you have problems contacting the publisher, contact your
project manager for assistance.
Call the publisher and ask to speak to the contact named on
the publisher list. Make sure you have your order details
to hand. Explain the situation and ask what can be done. If
you have problems contacting the publisher, contact your
project manager for assistance.
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If RIF is managing your book budget for you and paying invoices
on your behalf, please do the following with your invoice:
- check the invoice against your order (correct books delivered
and discount applied)
- stick an 'OK to pay' sticker on it
- date and initial the sticker
- photocopy the invoice for your records
- send the invoice to RIF for payment (address labels are
provided in your handbook).
If RIF is not paying invoices on your behalf (this is rare),
please arrange for the invoice to be paid promptly.
Call the publisher and ask to speak to the contact named on
the publisher list. Make sure you have your order details
to hand. Explain the situation and ask what can be done. If
you have problems contacting the publisher, contact your project
manager for assistance.
If RIF is paying your book invoices for you, check your records
to ensure that you did forward the invoice promptly for payment.
If you did, contact your project manager to check the invoice
was received by RIF. If you have not yet forwarded the invoice
to RIF for payment, please do so as soon as possible, and
enclose the reminder from the publisher.
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In addition to the free books, your funding will have provided
one bag, bookmark, set of bookplates and set of stickers for
each participant. Any additional sets of materials ordered
will be charged at £5 per set. Please contact your
project manager to discuss this.
Please contact your project
manager, who will send you a new one.
Download
the label template and print them yourself, or you can
contact your project manager,
who will send you some more.
Download the label
template and print them yourself, or you can contact your
project manager, who
will send you some more.
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Ask the person running the project if they'd like any help,
for example at events. Visit the parents and carers section of this website for more ideas.
We are always grateful for any offer of assistance from members
of the public. However, the nature of RIF projects means that
opportunities for regular volunteering are extremely limited,
and it is unlikely that we will be able to match you with
a project in your area.
You can find out more about local volunteering
opportunities through the following websites: Volunteering England at www.volunteering.org.uk,
Do It at www.do-it.org.uk
or timebank at http://www.timebank.org.uk/,
or contact Volunteer Reading Help at www.vrh.org.uk
for reading volunteering opportunities.
There are occasionally opportunities to volunteer at the
RIF office in London. These are advertised in our email newsletter.
Click
here to subscribe to the newsletter.
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