Volunteer Champion (Hartlepool, Stockton, Middlesbrough)

Did you know that 18% of adults in England are thought to have a reading level of 9-11 years or below? What about knowing that 54% of the UK’s working age population has low numeracy?

Within Tees Valley we intend to help tackle this by ensuring that those adults who struggle with reading and or/numeracy will be able to better access to effective support to improve these vital skills.

We’d like to recruit a Volunteer Champion who will represent us locally and work with key local stakeholders and partners to identify opportunities to deliver our Turning Pages (literacy) and Count Me In (numeracy) programmes.

These programmes have been shown to be highly effective in working with people with low levels of literacy and numeracy, and have been designed specifically for working with adults. They are delivered for free and on a 1:1 basis by trained reading coaches. Anyone with a reasonable level of reading or numeracy can be trained to deliver these programmes and this could present a fantastic volunteering opportunity locally.

This support can be life changing and can open up people’s access to opportunities in education, training and employment. Not only can this have a huge positive impact on the individual, but it can deliver improved outcomes for family members and have a positive impact on the local community.

We think this is an exciting chance for you to make a really big impact. You will receive a full induction and training, as well as ongoing support and supervision from us.

Closing date: 11 May Interview dates: w/c 26 May