Publicity Officer

Publicity Officer

Long term role · Flexible hours · Starting from 1 Jan 2025
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
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Read Easy Stevenage & North Herts
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Summary

Would you like to volunteer with a local group which supports adults to learn to read?

We are looking for a Publicity Organiser

Detailed description

Would you like to volunteer with a local group which supports adults to learn to read?

We are looking for a Publicity Organiser

Around 5,000 adults in Stevenage and North Hertfordshire may not be able to read or write. Not being able to read or write has a negative impact on a person's ability to earn money, their social lives and helping their children to learn. If you are good with people, you could play a vital role in changing their lives.

Read Easy Stevenage and North Herts is a small group of volunteers providing free and confidential one-to-one reading coaching for adults in this area.

As our Publicity Officer you would be part of our management team helping to run our group. The role would involve publicising our group to increase reader referrals and support volunteer recruitment. You would also raise awareness of what we do to the wider community using social media; creating connections with local papers, magazines, radio and TV. This could involve writing content and creating posters and leaflets.

The role is very flexible and the time required varies every week. The role provides lots of variety and can work well around other commitments.


For a full role description and further information please contact us.


What we will provide to volunteers

💸 Reimbursement of costs

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About Read Easy Stevenage & North Herts

Read Easy helps adults learn to read. We provide free, confidential one-to-one reading coaching in approved venues in Stevenage, Letchworth and Hitchin. Our readers and coaches meet twice a week for half an hour. We use a structured, phonics-based reading programme. The confidential one-to-one nature of our service is vital to encouraging people to come forward to ask for our help. Many adults are deeply embarrassed that they are unable to read. Many have bad memories of school and do not respond well to a classroom setting. By learning with one dedicated volunteer coach, a supportive and trusting bond develops, which helps motivate the reader to complete the course.

We are a small team of volunteers. We have regular meetings for reading coaches to learn from each other and every coach and reader is supported by a local coordinator. Our readers are all ages, the youngest 20, the oldest 67. You’re never too old to learn!