Now part of the HMV Group - Waterstone's first appeared on Old Brompton Road, London, in 1982. It currently trades from more than 300 stores located in a number of university campuses, high streets and shopping centres across the UK, Republic of Ireland and continental Europe (Brussels and Amsterdam) as well as on the Isle of Man, Isle of Wight and Jersey.
Waterstone's have now raised over £90,000 for Rainbow Trust since January 2010. Both booksellers and head office staff have contributed with a number of fantastic fundraising initiatives including literary dinners, quiz nights, in store read-a-thons and the wonderful Shape Game - now a book, by Children's Laureate, Anthony Browne, it features a whole host of celebrity artwork coined from his scribble!
Click here to 'Play the Shape Game'.
Dominic Myers, Managing Director of Waterstone’s, commented: “We chose Rainbow Trust as our charity partner as we were very impressed by the support that the charity offers to all family members, be it the parents, the sick child or the healthy siblings in their own homes. We felt that this unique support needed to be recognised and we hope that we can make a valuable contribution to the tremendous work Rainbow Trust does.
Promotion of our partnership will be rolled out to our 320 branches in England, Scotland and Wales, we believe that our staff and customers will fully back and support this charity partnership.”
Click here to read more about how Waterstone's support Rainbow Trust.
