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 
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