Partnerships
Our partnerships
Wildlife Trust (UK)
The Press is the first Educational Partner of the Wildlife Trust Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough. Since 2008 the volunteering programme with the Wildlife Trust has resulted in thousands of hours of volunteering. This has saved the Wildlife Trust time and money and has encouraged sustainability of plant and animal life.
Business in the Community (UK)
The Press is the lead partner in Cambridge in a national programme called 'Business Class', which aims to establish long-term partnerships between schools and businesses, with a particular focus on 'work aspiration' in those local schools that can most benefit from exposing their learners to working role models.
The Community and Individual Development Association (South Africa)
25.1 per cent of the shares in the Press's South African business go towards helping to fund a unique university, which offers a world-class education to some of the country's poorest black students. The Community and Individual Development Association (CIDA) aims to lift talented young people out of poverty by offering the chance to study for a business degree (or equivalent) virtually for free. The Press also donates books to the top 50 students, and in partnership with Exclusive Books, we were able to donate over £6,000 worth of titles for the CIDA library.
Educational Support Initiative for Africa (ESIfA) (Africa)
The Cambridge Journals group partnered with a charity to help bring our products to university libraries across Africa. Journals colleagues have worked with the Educational Support Initiative for Africa (ESIfA) from its inception, donating over 4,000 copies of our scientific and learned journals.
Make A Difference (India)
In India the Press has been partnering with Make a Difference (MAD) since 2010 to bring high quality English learning materials to the poorest children. MAD, a youth volunteer network providing quality education to children living in orphanages and street shelters, was started by a group of college students and now has a teacher network of over 800 college students and young professionals.
The Press supports MAD by supplying the books at close to cost price for an India reprint. Press author Andrew Littlejohn has provided teacher training, consulting on curriculum development and developing test materials. 3500 children have benefitted from the programme since the Press joined.
Pratham (India)
We work with the non-governmental organisation Pratham to improve access to learning for very poor children. The Pratham project is reaching thousands of children already and, as one of its main objectives is to help improve English learning, we are well-placed to assist. It is estimated that eventually 200,000 poor children will benefit from this project.
Daisy Forum (India)
Blind and visually impaired people get digital access to Press books after a deal was drawn up between the Press and the Daisy Forum (Digitally Accessible Information System) of India. The Forum produces and maintains a library of digital talking books, Braille books and e-text books.
Bookstep (Brazil)
Bookstep is a project run by Cambridge University Press in Brazil, and it aims to provide educational opportunities to under-resourced students by donating books published by the Press. Since the programme’s inception in 2002, we have donated more than 26,000 books in support of 122 programmes, which offer their students the possibility of a brighter and more successful future.
Plan España (Spain)
Staff in our Spain and Portugal Branch are working with children’s charity Plan España to provide a free translation service to help children in developing countries communicate with their sponsor families. Letters from sponsored children are translated into Spanish by the volunteers and returned to Plan España, who pass them on to the sponsor parents. Over the last four years, about 30 staff members have translated 2,220 letters.
Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (Spain)
The Press’s Iberia branch has recently signed a collaboration agreement with the Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE), the official Spanish organisation for the visually impaired. The Press provides a selection of over 10,000 academic titles for adaptation to accessible formats, both print and digital, available free on demand for any registered ONCE affiliate.