Literacy Volunteers
Contact Name(s): Karen Ballinger
Sandfield Centre, Sandfield Road
Lenton
Nottingham
NG7 1QH
Telephone: 0115 915 0820
Email:
Website: http://www.literacyvolunteers.org.uk
Keywords
Literacy, children, primary school, reading difficulties.
One to one assistance.
Description
Literacy Volunteers help children of primary school age in local schools who are having reading difficulties overcome their problems and find that reading can be fun.
Volunteer opportunities:
Volunteers provide one to one assistance to children selected by the school to receive the benefit of the help provided. Volunteers attend the school one morning or afternoon per week,term time only, and will see the same 3 - 5 children each visit.
Volunteers are trained and supported in school and travel expenses are paid.
An Enhanced Disclosure is required from the Criminal Records Bureau for all applicants.
Definition of Organisation
We target people of a specific age
Current policy is that we recruit people between the ages of 18 to 80
Working in the Partnership Council area (Area 4)
We work city wide, regionally or nationally
We currently assist in some 139 schools in both the City of Nottingham and the County of Nottinghamshire helping some 1000 children per week.
We have a significant base or project in the area
Sandfield Centre is off Derby Road in Lenton.