OUTREACH SCHEME

• What is the Outreach Scheme?
  A Scheme that helps booksellers and events organisers to work together in order to provide bookstalls at small and large-scale events throughout Wales. The Outreach Scheme is supported by the Arts Council of Wales.
  
  

Who gains from the Scheme, and how does it work?

• The Scheme is of benefit to organisers, booksellers and publishers.
  
  
• A bookstall can add an extra dimension to an event without creating too much extra work for busy organisers.
  
  
• Booksellers receive a grant and expert advice on choosing relevant titles when attending an event with a bookstall, or when the bookshop itself hosts an event outside normal business hours.
  
  
• Portable bookshelves are available on loan free of charge and books can be provided on a sale-or-return basis by prior arrangement with the Distribution Centre.
  
  
• All categories of books from Wales are covered by the Scheme which can help publishers to promote material and create new markets.
  
  
• Over 100 bookshops are already members of the Scheme.
  
  

What kinds of events are valid?

• All kinds – from literary events to conferences, from book launches to social gatherings and school fairs.
  
  
• The scheme supports over 300 events per year, each and every one of them unique.
  
  

Which books are promoted?

• The nature of the event dictates which books are promoted, and an extensive range of Welsh-language and English-language material of Welsh interest can be provided.
  
  
• The Scheme’s Administrator is always ready to advise as to relevant titles and to help booksellers and organisers in every possible way.