What is Reading Matters?

Our organisation offers a range of training programmes and a Volunteer Reading Mentor support network. We are a registered charity and a not-for-profit social enterprise.

Training

Reading Matters has ten years experience in offering literacy support training and offer a range of accredited programmes for individuals (including parents, grandparents and carers), schools and corporate clients. From ‘paired reading’ training for Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 pupils to support training for Learning Classroom Assistants - we will discuss your requirements and deliver a programme tailored to your specific needs.

Read about training programmes.

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Volunteer

We recruit, train and place volunteers to work as Reading Mentors, on a one-to-one basis, with pupils in schools. We place the right volunteer with the appropriate partner school and we offer ongoing support, advice and 'top up’ training.

Reading Matters works primarily with 11 - 16-year-olds but will also consider support and transition work with primary age children - read more about volunteering here.

Reading is a basic life skill that most people take for granted.
Imagine just for a moment that you cannot read the instructions on a bottle of prescription medicine or that you find it difficult to read the job adverts in the local paper. In the UK today an estimated 5 million adults do not meet this basic standard of literacy. Reading Matters offers a range of tried and tested interventions and training programmes that can have a direct impact on this statistic.