England, October 2008: We're pleased to announce the formation of the English Banana Trust. English Banana Trust is a new charity that has been set up to support the work of English Banana.com - the books, the worksheets, the website - everything. English Banana Trust is a charity based in England, which has applied for registration with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. As many of you know, English Banana.com has been online and giving away free teaching materials since 2002. Last year over 100,000 English Banana.com books were downloaded, while on average over 3,000 worksheets are downloaded from our website every single day! Not only that, but our unique Copying Licence allows visitors to freely print, copy, distribute, give away, and even sell English Banana.com materials. We don't know of any other teaching resources website that offers this much free of charge. From the English Banana Trust Deed: "There are an estimated 1.5 billion people in the world who can already speak English to some degree of proficiency, while another one billion people are learning English. English language skills are much sought after because English is the international language of business, trade, science, and the internet. "We believe that education is a fundamental human right and vitally important to the improvement of every person's quality of life. "We believe that by sharing what we have our lives become richer. "The overall aim of the charity is to advance education by spreading the use and understanding of the English language all over the world, enabling people to find routes out of poverty. OBJECT 1: To provide educational materials OBJECT 2: To provide learning support programs OBJECT 3: To develop new materials and learning support programs" If you feel that you have benefited from our website, and you would like to support our work, there are a number of ways in which you can get involved: 1. Make an online donation to English Banana Trust using PayPal: Yes, I can give $5! Yes, I can give $10! Yes, I can give another amount! 2. Make a donation by post. Please send cheques made payable to "English Banana Trust" (pounds sterling only) to: Board of Trustees English Banana Trust 9 Pereers Close Holt Norfolk NR25 6JF England 3. Join our mailing list and keep in touch with future developments. 4. Join our Facebook group and get to know other English Banana.com visitors!     If you would like further information about English Banana Trust, please do contact us.