JanineCommunity Learning Partnerships, an established charity based in Harehills, is looking for volunteers and schools to get involved in its reading programme.
Let’s Read is a school reading volunteer programme which aims to address the link between deprivation and poor educational attainment and raise levels of literacy.
Volunteers are being sought from businesses and the community to visit schools, where they will work one-to-one with children who are struggling with their literacy and language skills.
This helps them to become more confident and able readers, which in turn enables them to access the broader curriculum and achieve their full potential within education and in later life.
To become a reading volunteer, Community Learning Partnerships ask that you can:
- Visit one of its nominated schools for an hour a week
- Commit to the programme for a school year
- Complete the necessary training and undergo an enhanced DBS check
- Foster a positive attitude to literacy and learning
- Act as a positive role model.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or you are a school that would benefit from participating in the programme, please contact louise.mcnamara@learningpartnerships.org.uk.
More about the Let’s Read Programme can be found here.
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