Do you feel passionate about helping children in our communities to thrive?
Read With Me is a Gloucestershire organisation, which was set up to ensure that in the future every child will move to secondary school able to read well.
Children who are unable to read properly at the age of 7 never really catch up. These children do less well at school, have reduced employment choices and earning opportunities and a greater chance of going to prison. And research shows that adults who can read for pleasure are generally happier overall.
Every year 200,000 children will leave primary school unable to read well
- 1 in 4 five years olds struggle with basic vocabulary
- 96% of primary school teachers are concerned about pupil’s speech and language
- Children who can’t read can’t take advantage of their education or play a full part in society.
And these statistics are from before Covid made everything even harder for schools, parents and children.
Our volunteers hear each child read twice a week for 10/15 minutes which also helps improve communication and social skills and confidence.
We hear 1500 children a week but urgently need to be able to provide this support to 5,000 children.
We are hoping that members of your congregation may feel able to help.
We ask that volunteers give one or two hours a week, we provide full training and support, with regular social occasions.
Would you be able to include something in your newsletter or display a poster on your notice board or post something on your social media channels?
We look forward to hearing from you.
Please let us know if you have any questions by contacting either Kate Stacey or its Founder, Linda Cohen, at [email protected]