Read Easy - West Surrey & North East Hampshire

About

The West Surrey & NE Hampshire Read Easy Group was formed in March 2023, and is affiliated to Read Easy UK. Each group offers free reading coaching sessions, and all coaching takes place in a private space within a public place so that people feel encouraged to come forward and ask for help. Many readers have had a poor experience in a school classroom or group setting, so the personal approach allows readers to develop a supportive and trusting bond with their dedicated coach.

Coaching is provided through a highly effective, phonics-based reading programme called Turning Pages, published by the charity Shannon Trust. An adult reading journey usually takes two years as a minimum. On completion, learners will have acquired the skills they need to move on to further reading and learning. The programme takes people systematically through the learning process step by step, at their own pace and steadily builds their confidence.   The Turning Pages programme also includes 45 graded reading books, written especially for adults, so that from an early stage people can begin to read for meaning and pleasure.

To find out more about learning to read, please contact Dickon Hutchings - 07810 405 519 - wsnehnetworker@readeasy.org.uk
To learn more about volunteering, please contact Ashley Nuttall - 07874 020 009 - wsnehrecruiter@readeasy.org.uk

About Read Easy UK

Read Easy UK's goal is for all adults in the UK to have the reading skills they need to fulfil their potential and live life to the full. There are 2.4 million adults in England alone – over 5% of the working age population – who can barely read or cannot read at all. Read Easy UK groups offer free, one-to-one coaching to adults who want to learn to read via their trained volunteer Reading Coaches. Read Easy UK now includes more than 80 volunteer-led groups helping 1000+ adults learn to read in their community, with plans to grow this number to over 100 groups by 2025. Local Read Easy Volunteer Groups - West Surrey & North East Hampshire Group and Basingstoke Group.

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Free of charge.