CHARITY FOCUS
Helping adults learn to read and fulfil their potential A charity that brings families closer together, and provides confidence to individuals, is setting up a group in Okehampton. Read Easy UK is a registered charity that helps adults learn to read and Read Easy Exeter group is one of some 80 affiliated groups. There is approximately five-million UK adults with reading and writing skills below that expected of 11 year olds (Skills for Life Survey 2011). Read Easy provides free, 1:1 and confidential coaching to help adult learners to read.
Julia Townsend from Read Easy Exeter said: ‘This is often the point that many adults recognise that they just cannot hide their struggle to read and want to do something about it. There are, of course, lots of other reasons why adults decide it’s time to transform their lives.
‘We use a phonics-based programme with additional learning activities and readers work at their own pace. There is absolutely no pressure to achieve to meet a predetermined standard.’ The charity is currently setting up a group in Okehampton and staff are keen to help adult learners in the area.
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Julia added: ‘The obvious first hurdle is getting the message out to those people as they are unable to read and that’s where everyone can help Have you noticed a friend or family member that seems to always avoid reading greetings cards, social media posts, bills, important notices, their children’s school reports/school notices, or do not
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Readers may have seen Read Easy UK on the BBC documentary where Jay Blades of the Repair Shop learnt to read with the charity at the age of 51 — one of his motivations to learn was to be able to read a bedtime story to his daughter.
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