Volunteer readers needed in Northamptonshire!

Posted for School Readers

Do you have a couple of hours spare a week?

Would you like to support children improve their literacy skills by listening to them read?

If you do, we are looking for volunteers to read with children in primary schools in the Daventry area. Your postcode will allow Schoolreaders to try and match you up with a primary school near to where you live.

As a volunteer you would a  visit school on a weekly basis and listen to children read in a 1:1 environment. On top of improving their reading skills, reading with a volunteer allows children to develop conversational and social skills as well as build their confidence.

You can find out more about Schoolreaders and the amazing work they do by visiting website at https://www.schoolreaders.org/

More about Schoolreaders;

Schoolreaders is a literacy charity who aim to improve children's life chances by providing volunteers, for free, to give one-on-one reading practice to children in primary schools.

A large proportion of children leaving primary school are unable to read to the expected standard. One of the reasons is that children are not receiving enough one-on-one reading practice. Schoolreaders helps address this by providing volunteers to listen to children read in primary schools.

Please get in touch to find out more about the role and how you can get involved.

Skills

No qualifications are necessary to be a volunteer, just a good standard of spoken and written English and a couple of spare hours during the school day each week of the school year.

Details

Location

This opportunity has no specific location.

When do I need to be available?

Start Date: 07/05/2025

End Date: 29/11/2030

Availability Details

Flexible to suit, during school hours