☕ Celebrating our amazing volunteers! 📚 This morning, over 20 of our Bracknell and Wokingham volunteers joined us for an end-of-term coffee morning. To every one of our volunteers: thank you. You’re changing lives, one page at a time. [email protected]

As this academic year draws to a close, we are proud to share some feedback from schools we've supported.

Tomorrow marks our final new volunteer training session for the upcoming academic year! We’re looking forward to welcoming our latest group of volunteers who will soon be supporting children across Berkshire schools who are struggling to read.Thank you to everyone joining us.

If you come across one of our hidden books over the summer holidays, please share a photo of it in the comments of this post! We'd love to see them#summer#reading

This year, our volunteers have continued to provide vital one-to-one reading support to children who need extra help. As part of our end-of-year evaluations, schools have shared their thoughts on the impact of our work.

📚 Free Event with Our Patron AF Harrold 📚 We’re delighted that our patron, author and poet AF Harrold, will be entertaining children and families at Battle Library! A wonderful opportunity to inspire a love of reading. #AFHarrold #ChildrensBooks #FreeEvent

📢 Have you seen our latest Annual Report? If you haven’t received a copy, you can read it now on our website. This short clip highlights just some of the impact ABC to read has made over the past year – made possible thanks to our dedicated volunteers, supporters and schools.

As we reflect on the impact of our trained reading volunteers this year, we are also planning ahead. If your school has pupils who are struggling to read and would benefit from regular one-to-one support, ABC to read can help.

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Give your older pupils the skills to support younger readers As well as providing trained adult volunteers, ABC to read offers Buddy Workshops to schools looking to build reading support from within. Please get in touch to find out more: [email protected].

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📚 We’re at Bracknell Town Council’s Summer of Fun today! Come and enjoy a fantastic day out with circus skills, a petting farm, and giant inflatables 🎪🐇🎈 ABC to read will be giving away books and we’d love to chat to you about how we help local children's reading

📷 One of our long-standing volunteers is moving away, and while we’re sad to say goodbye, we’re so grateful for his time and dedication. He told us: “Volunteering with ABC to read has been one of the most rewarding things I’ve done". #ThankYouVolunteer #ABCtoread #ReadingMentor

📢 Have you seen our latest Annual Report? If you haven’t received a copy, you can read it now on our website. This short clip highlights just some of the impact ABC to read has made over the past year – made possible thanks to our dedicated volunteers, supporters and schools.

📚 Is your school looking for extra support to help struggling readers? We offer award-winning, one-to-one literacy support that has been transforming children’s reading confidence and ability for over 20 years. ✅ Trained and DBS-checked volunteers 👉 [email protected]

We are inviting businesses to consider partnering with us as their Charity of the Year. By adopting ABC to read, your company can: 📷 Make a direct impact on children’s education and future opportunities

Did you know? ABC to read was the first charity in Berkshire to be recognised with both the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service and Investing in Volunteers. We’re proud to lead the way in valuing our volunteers and supporting children who struggle to read.

📚 New school year, new chances! Thank you to our partner schools and volunteers – you make one-to-one reading support possible. 👉 Schools: Bring our service to your pupils. 👉 Volunteers: Help a child fall in love with reading. Let’s unlock every child’s potential together