How we work

The literacy support we provide works like this: Reading helpers dedicate half an hour of their time, twice a week, to each child and, in doing so, provide them with priceless, long-term, one-to-one care and support.

Volunteers don’t replace good teaching, they add to it, playing the role of a literate adult in the child’s life.  The volunteer reading helper's support not only enables the children to learn to love reading but significantly increases their levels of confidence and self-esteem.