You may not have heard already, but volunteers of the Summer Reading Challenge can count their hours towards achieving the volunteering section of their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award!

Hi, my name is Octavia and I am a Reading Hack Youth Advisor. I love reading and enjoy a range of books but recently have been transfixed by a number of books by the same author. I want to tell you about four amazing novels and hopefully encourage you to give them a try and discover this great writer.

Sarah Bannan’s debut novel Weightless is a haunting coming-of-age story for the digital generation. Sarah challenged Reading Hackers to hack the title of her book…

You can use lots of Reading Hack activities and volunteering hacks towards getting an Arts Award.

Volunteering (also called social action) involves doing something practical for other people to change their lives, community, or society for the better.

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Here’s some great ideas we’ve gathered for Hackers who love music.

Here’s some great ideas we’ve gathered for Hackers who love to mix things up a little.

Here’s some great ideas we’ve gathered for Hackers who love dystopia.

Did you know that some of the Reading Hack activities and volunteering hacks can count towards the volunteering section of your Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE)?