Derbyshire developer fosters love of reading with World Book Day donation

Compendium Living, which is currently redeveloping the Castleward area in a £100m regeneration project, kindly donated the vouchers to the school, allowing them to select the books and stories that would best suit the needs of the students. Castleward Spencer Academy has a book vending machine, from which pupils can select a book of their choice to keep and take home as a reward for reading at home. The donation comes as part of an ongoing relationship between Compendium Living and Castleward Spencer Academy, as the regeneration specialist previously donated book tokens for World Book Day in 2022 and provided pupils with an educational workshop on how homes are built in 2024.

This year Wendy Lister, Project Manager at Compendium Living, personally attended the school, hand delivered the vouchers and met staff and students. The children she met were all representatives from the school’s council and trust parliament.

Lindsay Trail, Principal at Castleward Spencer Academy, said: ‘We are very grateful to Wendy and the team at Compendium Living for the £100 book token. The children were keen to share some of the books that they would like to see in the book machine next’.

Wendy Lister said: “It was a joy to go to Castleward Spencer Academy again, and to see children so excited about books and reading. We are very proud to contribute to the collection of books and to take an active part in World Book Day.

“Castleward Spencer Academy is an outstanding school located within our Castleward development, and we look forward to continuing our relationship with them throughout the project’s lifecycle.”

Located between Derbion shopping centre and Derby Midland Station, Castleward is one of the city’s largest housing projects. In total, around 700 new homes are being provided, alongside green open space and nearly 35,000 square feet of commercial retail space.

The development is perfectly situated a stone’s throw away from Derby city centre. With a large variety of shops, local cafes, bars and restaurants in the shopping centre and surrounding area, there really is something for everyone.

Being England’s most central city, Derby has excellent transport links. With the newly-refurbished railway station just a five-minute walk away, daily connections are provided to London St Pancras and other major UK cities. By road, Birmingham, Leicester and Nottingham are all less than one hour away.

Work on Phase 4 of Castleward is now well underway. To find out more about the development, visit https://compendiumlivinghomes.co.uk/developments/castleward.

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To find out more about World Book Day, visit https://www.worldbookday.com/.