• Flexible
• Monday Daytime
• Tuesday Daytime
• Wednesday Daytime
• Thursday Daytime
• Friday Daytime

Kirklees Council is the local authority providing most local government services for the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England.

Would you like to volunteer at a local school to help children with their Reading ?

What are Reading Friends?

Reading Friends go in to schools as volunteers to work with children on a 1:1 basis for a minimum of 1 hour per week. Our volunteers are there to make reading fun and to help children be more confident in these areas, as well as helping them make progress in their reading.

Training takes place either in venues across Kirklees and will be 1 morning of afternoon for 4 weeks. The training covers Expectations of a volunteer in school, including Safeguarding, confidentiality, Prevent, record keeping and equal opportunities, Early stages of reading development , strategies to help children with phonics/difficult words and ways to support comprehension.

After your training, we will find a local school for you to volunteer in. This role is suitable for 19 years plus.

Please note, courses happen termly at different locations so you may have to wait a while to access a course near you.

Kirklees Council - Success Centre

18 yrs and above

• Teaching/Mentoring
• Children/Young People/Families

• Application form required
• References required
• DBS (criminal record check that the organisation will organise)

31/12/2027