Read Easy Pioneer

Become a Pioneer! Help start a volunteer Read Easy group in East Berkshire including Maidenhead, Slough and Windsor.

Read Easy provides free, confidential, one-to-one reading coaching for adults, from trained volunteers, through locally-run, volunteer-led groups.

Each Read Easy group is set up by a local volunteer ‘Pioneer’, who networks and mobilises others in their community to join them in setting up a team of volunteers to run the proposed group. Pioneers are guided through the process by their Regional Adviser who is always available to provide plenty of support and access to all the resources needed. Once established, each new group is legally and financially
independent, but affiliated to Read Easy UK as part of a wider network of groups.

What’s involved in being a Pioneer?
Working with the support of your Regional Adviser, you would:
• network with other organisations to establish interest and support
• publicise the project
• find other volunteers to form a team
Pioneers can, if they wish, share the role with another volunteer.

What’s in it for you?
Becoming a Pioneer will give you the chance to:
• offer life-changing opportunities to local people
• create a new community of like-minded volunteers
• use or develop skills to benefit others
• experience the benefits of initiating and seeing through
a rewarding project

We’re looking for volunteers to pioneer new groups in their communities who are:
• energetic and enthusiastic
• keen to make a difference in their communities
• familiar with their local area
• self-motivated and organised
• good at networking and communicating
• able to inspire and engage others
• available for part of the working week

Is this you?
As a Read Easy ‘Pioneer’ you would be given all the support you need by your Regional Adviser to make setting up a group as simple and effective as possible.
If you would like to find out more about becoming a Read Easy Pioneer for East Berkshire, please email michelle@readeasy.org.uk.

To watch and read some wonderful stories from our Readers and Volunteers,
please visit: readeasy.org.uk.