Coram Beanstalk volunteers
The benefits of being a reading helper
Our volunteers tell us that being a reading helper has allowed them to:
- Directly help children in their local community
- Use their skills to give something back
- Share a love of reading with the younger generation
- Engage with their local community and our network of volunteers
And that it has enhanced their life by:
- Improving their wellbeing
- Allowing them to gain new skills
- Giving them experience of the school environment
- Enabling them to feel useful and gain a new sense of purpose
Our schools tell us that our reading helpers enable their children to:
- Have dedicated one to one time outside of the classroom with a trusted adult
- Improve their reading attainment and engagement across all areas of the curriculum
- Develop a love of reading by sharing brilliant books and conversations with their reading helper
- Improve their confidence and self-esteem
