{"id":118268,"date":"2025-09-06T08:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T08:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/118268\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T08:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T08:59:11","slug":"red-funnel-launches-book-swap-at-southampton-terminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/118268\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Funnel launches book swap at Southampton terminals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Red Funnel has launched the scheme at its Southampton and Hi-Speed terminals, giving travellers the chance to pick up something to read during their journey.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The idea was suggested by a cabin attendant through the company\u2019s First-Class Ideas programme and has been named the Read Funnel Library.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Red Funnel launches Read Funnel Library(Image: Red Funnel)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fran Collins, CEO of Red Funnel, said: &#8220;We love seeing creative ideas like this come from our team.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We hope our customers enjoy the new Read Funnel Library; whether it sparks inspiration, adds a touch of adventure, or simply offers a relaxing moment with a good book.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The scheme encourages donations in lieu of leaving a book, with all funds raised going to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance, Red Funnel\u2019s Charity of the Year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The launch coincides with National Read a Book Day and precedes the Isle of Wight Literary Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red Funnel has launched the scheme at its Southampton and Hi-Speed terminals, giving travellers the chance to pick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[457,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-118268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-books","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}