Give your old textbooks another chapter: Share-A-Textbook returns with NTUC as co-organiser

The textbooks one child has finished with could cut another family’s school bill next year, as Share-A-Textbook returns for its 44^th edition.

FairPrice Group (FPG) and its philanthropic arm, FairPrice Foundation, launched Singapore’s largest textbook donation drive on 12 November 2026. This year, NTUC joins as co-organiser

The drive calls on Singaporeans to pass on preloved textbooks and revision materials, so that students in need can start the 2027 school year on a firm footing.

From one family to the next

Share-A-Textbook was launched in 1982 to support the education needs of vulnerable students and families. Since then, more than 7 million textbooks have been donated and nearly 300,000 students have benefited.

It has grown into Singapore’s largest textbook donation drive. Today it helps students referred by schools and community organisations, as well as members of the public.

How to donate

From 14 to 28 November, drop off textbooks at any of the eight FairPrice Xtra hypermarkets or at Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre in Yishun.

Books should be in good condition and follow the current Ministry of Education syllabus. Assessment books and other supplementary materials are welcome too.

Outdated-syllabus books, damaged or heavily scribbled books, and used exercise books can’t be accepted.

Donation points:

• FairPrice Xtra Ang Mo Kio Hub
• FairPrice Xtra Changi Business Park
• FairPrice Xtra Hougang 1
• FairPrice Xtra JEM
• FairPrice Xtra Jurong Point
• FairPrice Xtra NEX
• FairPrice Xtra Parkway Parade
• FairPrice Xtra VivoCity
• Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre, 30A Yishun Central 1

From 28 November to 3 December, more than 1,000 volunteers from FPG, NTUC, partner schools and organisations, and the public will sort the donated books.

How to collect

Families can collect books for free on 4 and 5 December, from 9am to 7pm (last admission at 6pm).

The venue is the Great Hall at Tzu Chi Humanistic Youth Centre, 30A Yishun Central 1, a short walk from Yishun MRT station.

There’s no need to register. Collection is walk-in, with queue numbers issued on site, and visitors are asked to take only what they need so more families can benefit.

Books that aren’t collected will be sent for recycling.

Easing school costs together

Share-A-Textbook sits alongside the Labour Movement’s wider support for families with school-going children.

Through the NTUC-U Care Fund, lower-income union members can receive Back-to-School vouchers for textbooks, uniforms and stationery, as well as bursaries and scholarships.

FPG is also running other measures to help with household costs. Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) Blue and Orange cardholders get double the usual weekly discount, 6 per cent instead of 3 per cent, until 1 January 2027, and prices of selected chicken and egg products are lowered and held at more than 100 FairPrice supermarkets until 31 December.

Have textbooks your child no longer needs? Drop them off by 28 November and give them another chapter.

Find out more at fairpricegroup.com.sg/share-a-textbook.