Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Australia: looking back on 2024

05 Jan 2025 – 1 min read

We’ve sent 445,634 books this year Thanks to our dedicated community partners—we’ve sent hundreds of thousands of books to children across Australia this year. Their dedication and hard work have made this milestone possible, bringing the joy of books into the hands of children and inspiring a love of reading. Together, we’ve achieved incredible milestones…

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Joining Forces for Change: Community Cup 2024

29 Apr 2024 – 2 min read

Joining Forces for Change: Community Cup 2024 On a sunny Tuesday in March, the Macquarie Park Business Community Partners [Optus, Johnson & Johnson, ORIX, Tech Data and Macquarie Technology Group] brought together a total of twenty corporate teams from nine different organisations to engage in a friendly soccer tournament with the goal of ‘kicking illiteracy…

The Importance of Literacy: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Tamworth

19 Mar 2024 – 1 min read

We would like to thank Tamworth Regional Council for their visionary leadership to roll out the Imagination Library 5 years ago and Claire Galea for her hard work, passion and enthusiasm in undertaking her PhD research project on the impact of the Imagination Library in Tamworth. The next generation has a bright future – literacy…

Colourful bunting beneath a red and orange coloured banner of the words: Macquarie Park Business Community Partnership

Join the Macquarie Park Business Community Partnership

03 Jul 2023 – 2 min read

The first of its kind in Australia, the Macquarie Park Business Community Partnership represents an innovative approach to overcoming community disadvantage. It began ten years ago when Macquarie Park CEOs met with United Way Australia to discuss how they could play a meaningful role in creating lasting change locally. The result? A collaboration between leading…

Reading with the next generation

27 Oct 2022 – 2 min read

Reading with children gives them the biggest step forward possible. Research shows the number of words a child knows when they start kindergarten is a predictor of their future success in school and in life. The more people read to a child and the earlier they start the better. Grandparents play a unique and special…

Choosing books for your child

19 Aug 2022 – 3 min read

It’s wonderful that such a broad selection of books exists for young children because there is so much to gain from sharing books with them. However, not all books are created equal. Literacy expert Louise Park has put together some suggestions to help you select appropriate and quality books for your child from the many…