BOOKS Plus – bookshops with a difference

BOOKS Plus aims to enhance the caring environment provided by hospitals – for patients, visitors and staff by running attractive, encouraging and caring retail outlets of Christian and general interest books and related material.

The hard issues of life arising from being in hospital can sometimes cause people to question the core of what they believe, and while we don’t claim to have all the answers, we feel sure that some of them can be found among the books available at BOOKS Plus.  Our approach is to let the literature speak for itself.

BOOKS Plus shops are currently located in hospitals in two centres – Cardiff and Gloucester.

BOOKS Plus Norwich at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital operated from 2003 to 2009.

BOOKS Plus @ Cardiff – Gloucester – Norwich
Cardiff – Gloucester – Norwich

Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration Cardiff

7pm for 7:30pm – Sunday 4th May – Thornhill Church, Cardiff

We have been celebrating 25 years of serving at the University Hospital of Wales with a series of events and concerts.  We are concluding the year with a Service of Thanksgiving and Celebration at Thornhill Church, Cardiff, CF14 9GA.

The preacher will be Clive Jackson.

Join with us as we celebrate God’s faithfulness and the blessings He has bestowed! The doors will open at 7:00pm.  Do please join with us for fellowship before the service commences if you can.

We have a 25th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service poster for download

Fundraising Gift Day Cardiff

Saturday 3rd May – BOOKS Plus Cardiff – Unit 8, UHW Concourse

We are currently fundraising to support BOOKS Plus Cardiff with its high rent levels.  During the weekend of 3rd-4th May we are holding a Gift Day on the Saturday. People are invited to visit the shop during the day where we will have a table bookstall whilst staff and volunteers undertake our annual stocktake.

There will be an opportunity to find out more about the charity with the Charity Trustees and make donations in person and complete Gift Aid declaration forms.

We have a BOOKS Plus Gift Day A4 poster for download

You can respond and donate to our appeal in the following ways:

  • through our JustGiving donation page
  • by post, using cheques to be sent to our BOOKS Plus Cardiff postal address and made payable to either
    (i) “BOOKS Plus“,
    (ii) “Light on the Mount” or
    (iii) “Light on the Mount (BOOKS Plus)“
  • by BACS bank transfer to
    Sort Code: 40-52-40 Account Number: 00016518 Account Name: Light on the Mount (BOOKS Plus)
  • in the shop through the shop till
  • visit us on Saturday 3rd May and find out more about the shop in-person.