Reporting

PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2025-26
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President’s Report 2025 – 2026
It is just amazing what a small group of people can do! Despite another challenging
year, it has been hard to believe what our little bunch of volunteers has achieved.
Although ill-health – both my own and Peter Cunningham’s, have again impacted our
ability to contribute, fortunately, praise God, we are both on the mend, and our health
continues to improve.
Relocating from the Beulah Hall to the Sheffield Uniting Church was quite a leap of
faith and a lot of hard work for our volunteers. Like moving house, you never realise
how much stuff you have, until you have to pack it up, move it, and then get it into
order in its new space! I am convinced that Sheffield Uniting Church must be truly
unique. Whoever would have thought that we could organise the church so that it can
operate as a place of worship, a performance venue and a hive of our activity for our
book-sorting and packing Library Aid team?
As well as the church being unique, I become increasingly convinced that our LAI
charity is unique. It is entirely Tasmanian – operated. The books are donated from
within Tasmania, mostly from schools and private donations. Boxes that our books are
sent in, have been donated by two local companies – McCains and Simplot. The very
basis of our operation, the collection of donated school books, has been provided by
the management of De Bruyn’s Transport. We thank them for their ongoing support to
LAI, who for many years, have collected and transported the boxes of books
completely free of charge. Their state-wide depots have been collection points for
donated books who have transported them to their depot in East Devonport. This year
we have also had support to offset shipping costs from local shipping company, Strait
Link. And then, of course, all our local volunteers and committee members dedicate
many hours of work each week…

Read the full report here: PDF Full Report

Rotary Fiji Schools Project
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The video in one of our posts on the Library Aid Facebook page shows the difference that Library Aid’s donation has made at St Tabitha Orphanage and School in Saweni, Fiji. Click here to watch the video.

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RADIO INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES IN THE PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS – Links and downloads
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LINK TVWAN PNG News 21 April 2025
PDF reCharge News June 2024
LINK ABC News 28 March 2024
LINK HADA Inspire Issue 86 February 2023
LINK The Advocate September 2022
LINK ReCharge NEWS June 2022
LINK The Advocate June 2021
PDF Inspire Story Issue 80 January 2021
LINK The Advocate February 2020
PDF Inspire Story Issue 72 November 2018
PDF Children’s Book Council Newsletter September 2018 p.18
LINK Advocate Story May 2018
PDF Inspire Story Issue 67 August 2017
PDF Mayville Primary School Letter
PDF Hartley Rd Primary School Letter
LINK Advocate Story April 2016
LINK Advocate Story September 2015
PDF Inspire story Issue 61 Feb 2016
PDF Inspire story Issue 48 May 2012
Audio Pre 2014 AGM (1.6 MB)

TALKS
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We are happy to give a 20-minute PowerPoint/Videoclip presentation to your organisation or group. We can provide materials for you to make up a display to use to promote LAI in your circle of influence.

We are also delighted to meet and talk with interested individuals or groups and show them our operational facility at the Uniting Church in Sheffield.

ACCOUNTABILITY
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Australian Business Register
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Australian Charities and Not-for profits Commission (ACNC) https://www.acnc.gov.au/charity/charities/a8b32868-3aaf-e811-a960-000d3ad24282/profile

Australian Taxation Office
Library Aid International Inc (ABN 77 473 067 478) is endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) for tax deductible donations. This can be verified at https://abr.business.gov.au/

Constitution
Library Aid International Constitution

Department of Justice (Tasmania) – Office of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading
Incorporation Number IA10512, incorporated 16 June 2011

Photo of a desktop with the words "Accountability", a magnifying glass and a cup of coffee

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