As the Six Book Challenge 2015 gets under way, organisations from all parts of the UK have excelled themselves in supporting this year's Six Book Challenge with 83 winning awards - up from 65 in 2013.

Top performer is The Manchester College which wins gold again this year for achieving 510 completers across ten sites. Librarian Janice Banner, seen collecting last year's certificate from Genevieve Clarke, is delighted.

"The Challenge has brought the college together in promoting literacy and putting an emphasis on reading. We have developed partnerships, reassessed resources, found innovative ways to engage students and celebrated our successes. Tutors feel that it has helped students to focus and achieve, so a definite yes to running the Challenge in 2015."

We're really pleased that some loyal regulars on our awards list have been joined by newcomers, namely library services in Durham, Rochdale, Medway and Milton Keynes and several colleges including three in Wales and one in Northern Ireland. Prisons have made a big step forward in their completion rate with nine gaining gold in 2014, including HMP Magilligan in their first year of running the Challenge.

New workplaces have also done well. The DVLA in Swansea achieved silver and employees at Tesco Extra in Watford (pictured here with Martina Cole) got bronze with the support of Usdaw. Staff who take part in the Challenge to encourage learners and to broaden their own reading might like to follow the example of Treloar School and College which achieved a bronze award to match their bronze for student completers.

If you are still running this year's Challenge please get in touch when you have a completion figure to tell us about. In the meantime, here is our roll of honour for 2014:

Awards

Gold (150 completers and above)
The Manchester College 510
Durham Libraries 310
HMP Pentonville 300
Bolton College 272
Brent Libraries 247
Northampton College 222
Westminster Libraries 209
HMP Thameside 206
HMP Wandsworth 203
HMP Whatton 198
HMP Durham 195
HMP Lewes 175
De Montfort University 173
HMP Magilligan 171
Sainsbury's Haydock Distribution Centre 171
HMYOC Hyde Bank, Belfast 168
Southend Adult Community College & Southend Libraries 164
HMYOI Deerbolt 163
Kent Libraries and Adult Education 159
NHS Great Glasgow & Clyde 150

Silver (100 and above)
LeSoCo 135
Coleg Sir Gar 130
HMP Humber 121
LiveWire Warrington 119
Peterborough Regional College 114
HMP Swaleside 110
Activate Learning 108
HMP Grendon & Springhill 108
Sheffield Libraries 106
Tresham College 105
HMP Frankland 104
Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency 100
Moulton College 100

Bronze (50 and above)
Swindon Libraries 94
Trafford College 92
Staff at Treloar School & College 88
Welsh for Adults Centre University of Aberystwyth 85
Rochdale Libraries 85
Doncaster College 84
HMP Edinburgh 84
Medway Libraries 83
Oldham College 82
HMP New Hall 81
HMP Risley 80+
HMP Holloway 80+
HMP Addiewell 80
Uxbridge College 79
Lincoln College 76
Barnet & Southgate College 75
HMP Littlehey 75
HMP Maidstone 74
HMP Full Sutton 74
Tameside Libraries 73
Vision West Nottinghamshire College 72
Stockton Libraries 71
Derby College 68
Kirklees Libraries 68
Northern Regional College 68
One College, Ipswich 68
Coventry Libraries 65
Tesco Extra Watford/Usdaw 64
HMP Bure 62
HMP Low Newton 61
Newcastle-under-Lyme College 61
HMP Wymott 59
College of West Anglia 58
Fife College 56
Cardiff & Vale College 55
HMP Styal 55
Milton Keynes Libraries 55
HMP Barlinnie 54
Luton Adult Learning 53
West Sussex Libraries 53
Coleg Cambria 52
South Tyneside Libraries 51
Treloar School & College 51
Walsall College 51
Newport Libraries 50+
HMP Eastwood Park 50
HMP Elmley 50
HMYOI Glen Parva 50
HMP Glenochil 50
Merseyrail 50

Get involved

Many organisations are now starting the Six Book Challenge 2015. Print materials can be ordered from our Shop and there is a website for participants.

If you work at a public library, college, prison or work place and are interested in running the Six Book Challenge visit our resources page.