Reading Heroes Volunteer

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Volunteer: Weekly
Availability: Monday PM, Friday PM
Tasks: Read (online) with a care-experienced child for one hour a week.
This is a 26 week scheme.
Training: Full training (online) provided.
Requirements: Relevant qualification or training
Interests: Children, Community, Education, Families, Literacy, Young people
Suitability: 18 and over
Activities: Administration, Befriending, Care work, Coaching, Lending a helping hand, Mentoring, Providing advice, Support Work, Virtual Volunteering, Youth work
DBS Check: Yes

About The Reader/Reading Heroes

What We Do Our Tiny Heroes and Reading Heroes volunteers read with care-experienced children for one hour per week. Tiny Heroes is a face to face experience; Reading Heroes is primarily a face to face experience for Liverpool-based volunteers, but is conducted online (via Zoom) for other UK based volunteers. Our Calderstones Mansion-based team aims to match suitable volunteers with children within the care system, and allows for volunteers to read with and to these children via in-person or online sessions. Who We Are The Reader is a global movement built on the belief that great literature has the power to connect us, support our well-being, and rebuild social bonds. For over 20 years, we have been creating Shared Reading groups across the UK and beyond, bringing people from all walks of life together to share the joy and power of stories. Founded by Jane Davis MBE, The Reader grew from a magazine in 1997 into an organisation that inspires connection and reflection through literature. We’ve turned a simple idea into a movement, one group at a time. The Reading Heroes Team is based at the Mansion; here we look after the Tiny Heroes and Reading Heroes volunteers, aiding and enabling their journeys from first application to the end of their sixth month placement. Reading Heroes Reading with a child for any period of time should improve their literacy and reading skills, but Reading Heroes is principally a scheme designed to encourage reading for pleasure. We aim to provide welcoming and kindly listeners, and to provide a positive, supportive experience for the children involved. Tiny Heroes Provides a similar experience to Reading Heroes, but due to the age of the children (2 – 4 years), it can only be conducted in person. There is more of a playing element to Tiny Heroes, but we always use a wide variety of suitable books to focus the children on the pleasures of reading.

Charity Number 1126806

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