Read Easy Cornwall Fundraiser (Mid Cornwall)

We are looking for a new Fundraiser to join our team in the Mid Cornwall area. Are you highly organised with strong communication and people skills. Do you have time, energy and enthusiasm?

Are you looking for a rewarding and flexible volunteering opportunity? In this role you will:

• Write applications to local and national community funding organisations and businesses.
• Be active and engage with your local community
• Organise fundraising events if required
• Collaborate and use initiative
• Keep records and use your IT literacy

To learn more about becoming a Read Easy Management Team Volunteer or a Volunteer Coordinator in Cornwall or to have a chat about what it entails please contact Cathy Smith, Volunteer Recruiter Cornwall at cornwallrecruiter@readeasy.org.uk

Would you like to help adults learn to read in your community here in Cornwall?

Read Easy launched in Cornwall in late 2022 and we are now into our second year. Looking back on our amazing first year we are thrilled to have been able to successfully set up over 20 Coach/Reader pairs, spread throughout Cornwall from Penzance to Bude to Liskeard, and are aiming to considerably expand this number in 2024. As a consequence of this we are looking to expand our team and fill some vacancies.

We are hoping to help more adults in Cornwall who need reading support. We know that there are a surprisingly large number of adults in Cornwall who can’t read or struggle with everyday reading, and we’re passionate about transforming more lives in the community through our proven, confidential programme of free, one-to-one, volunteer-led adult reading coaching. 

It is believed that 2.4m adults in the UK cannot read, while 2.5m struggle to read, on a practical level, this means that even carrying out everyday tasks can be challenging, if not impossible. Many of our new readers struggle with the everyday situations that most of us take for granted such as doctor and hospital visits, filling in forms, reading with and to their children. Sadly, statutory provision, provided by local authority adult education, does not look likely to improve, with funding increasingly cut. Even where such classes are available it can be challenging for potential readers to come forward for help in a classroom environment where they are likely to have to explain their difficulties to staff. We know from experience that people who cannot read are nervous and embarrassed about joining adult learning groups. This is the motivation behind the Read Easy model: to provide accessible, free, and confidential one-to-one reading coaching wherever the need is greatest. And this why we need your help!

Becoming a Management Team volunteer for Read Easy is fun and fulfilling and requires commitment and passion. You’ll be given lots of support, meet a diverse range of people, and be part of a genuinely life-changing organisation. We know that learning to read really does change lives and being part of that process is special.

Volunteering is an exciting chance to play a key role in bringing your community together, and to make a real difference in your area, whether you’ve got existing skills you’d like to put to good use, or are looking to develop new ones, becoming a  Management Team Volunteer can be a great chance to learn something new.