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Read Easy UK is a national charity which provides free, confidential one-to-one reading coaching for adults from trained volunteers, through locally-run, affiliated volunteer groups.
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Publicity Officer
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Summary
Would you like to volunteer with a local group which supports adults to learn to read?We are looking for a Publicity Organiser
Detailed description
Would you like to volunteer with a local group which supports adults to learn to read?
We are looking for a Publicity Organiser
Around 5,000 adults in Stevenage and North Hertfordshire may not be able to read or write. Not being able to read or write has a negative impact on a person's ability to earn money, their social lives and helping their children to learn. If you are good with people, you could play a vital role in changing their lives.
Read Easy Stevenage and North Herts is a small group of volunteers providing free and confidential one-to-one reading coaching for adults in this area.
As our Publicity Officer you would be part of our management team helping to run our group. The role would involve publicising our group to increase reader referrals and support volunteer recruitment. You would also raise awareness of what we do to the wider community using social media; creating connections with local papers, magazines, radio and TV. This could involve writing content and creating posters and leaflets.
The role is very flexible and the time required varies every week. The role provides lots of variety and can work well around other commitments.
For a full role description and further information please contact us.
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costsAbout Read Easy Stevenage & North Herts
Our readers and coaches meet twice a week and work for just half an hour at a time through a structured, phonics-based reading programme. Normally, they meet at approved local venues, but since the pandemic, many have moved to working remotely. The confidential one-to-one nature of our service is vital to encouraging people to come forward to ask for our help. Many adults are deeply embarrassed and ashamed by the fact that they are unable to read and, with bad memories of school, would fear a return to a classroom setting, where old feelings of failure could be reawakened. By working instead with one dedicated volunteer coach, a supportive and trusting bond develops between the pair, which helps motivate the reader to complete the course.
Read Easy UK, which is based in Gloucestershire, is registered as a CIO with the Charity Commission. We are the umbrella body which supports volunteers to set up Read Easy groups in their communities.