Online Reading Volunteers
Project Outcome Targets
We want to create a world where all children have the literacy skills needed to thrive.
We want to scale-up our programme across the UK to help all struggling young readers.
We want each child taking part to develop their literacy skills and a love of reading.
Project Activities
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We match corporate volunteers with 5-8-year-olds across the UK for weekly online reading sessions.
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We provide each participating class with a laptop and headset.
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We organise training and enhanced DBS checks for each volunteer.
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We provide impact data for each corporate partner on volunteering hours and the children's progress
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We support the volunteers and teachers throughout the year.
Project Media
Resources Needed For The Project
| Resource | Description | Quantity needed | When needed | How this donation supports the project (Enabling Actions or KPIs) |
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| NON-SKILLED VOLUNTEERING | Teams of 10 colleagues read online with children for just 30 minutes weekly throughout the school year. | The minimum number of volunteers from each corporate partner is 10 to form one team. | Flexible | Volunteers are essential to support the reading skills of the disadvantaged children we support. |
| MONEY | A donation of £3650 is needed to support each team of 10 reading volunteers for the school year. | Each team of 10 volunteers needs to be supported by a donation of £3500 | 30/06/2027 | The donation supports the delivery of the project: laptops/headphones, platform development, volunteer DBS and support |
Project Impact and Partners
IMPACT REPORTING
Bi-annually
March 2021
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
How we monitor the quality and results of our work
We collect data and feedback from the teachers and volunteers and from our platform.
WHO IS ALREADY FUNDING THE PROJECT?
Over 180 corporate partners, plus trusts and foundations.
Each corporate partner makes a financial contribution towards the costs of the programme.