LOCAL charity, Read Easy Melksham is readying itself for its post-lockdown return – and they need your help!
“Read Easy Melksham helps people in this area of Wiltshire to improve their reading skills,” explains team leader David Williams. “We give confidential coaching in an interesting and fun way.
“Now that there is a real prospect of the restrictions being relaxed, Read Easy Melksham is busy planning the moves necessary to have all normal operations up and running as soon as possible.
“At the moment, the management team could do with a few more members to assist in the rewarding and valuable work. For example, we are looking to fill the roles of IT support, publicity officer and literacy specialist.
“Read Easy UK is a national charity whose affiliated groups offer a free, one-to-one reading tuition programme. The number of groups is steadily increasing across the country and the public is becoming more aware of its presence and aims – helped by recent BBC coverage on ‘The One Show’ and on the ‘Radio 4 Charity Appeal’.
“For most of us, reading is an everyday part of our lives but for others, it is a problem which affects all kinds of activities. Can you imagine not being able to read a newspaper, labels in supermarkets and other written text?”
About the support the charity gave to its readers during lockdown, David said, “You might have expected that helping people learn to read would have to stop while lockdown restrictions were in place.
“Indeed, Read Easy’s normal method of operating has always been for coaches to meet face-to-face with their readers (students). That has always been one of the main features of our system of teaching. During lockdown, we have not been able to continue with this but we have adopted a new method in order to carry on.
“A limited number of coach-reader pairs have used Zoom to carry on through the days and months of the pandemic. We are very proud of their progress in this difficult time. Good, effective coaching has been possible for those with the necessary IT skills.”
If you would consider joining a group of friendly people, please contact David on 07939 556541 or e-mail him on: melkshamleader@readeasy.org.uk
Follow Ready Easy Melksham on Facebook or visit the website: www.readeasy.org.uk
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