Read Easy Tower Hamlets started in March 2022. It is dedicated to helping adults within the London borough of Tower Hamlets, learn to read.
Tower Hamlets has been identified as having the second lowest literacy rates in England; over 18,000 adults within the borough have poor reading skills. Our vision is for adults within the borough to have the literacy skills they need to realise their potential and live life to the full.
We need your help to change people’s lives!
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Open Management Team roles.
● Team Leader: to lead and manage the Management Team and its meetings, taking overall responsibility for the running of the project, and being its spokesperson and the main point of contact with the Regional Adviser and Read Easy UK. The Team Leader also meets monthly with the Coordinators to ensure they can support Readers and Coaches.
● Lead Coordinator : a crucial role to assist the Team Leader as the main
point of contact for Coordinators in larger groups that have more than one Coordinator.
● Coordinator : The coordinator works introduces Reading Coaches to Readers and works with them to make sure everything is going well.
● Publicity Organiser: to publicise your group using social media; acting as a ‘reporter’
for your group, taking photos and writing stories about your Readers and Coaches
when appropriate; placing articles in local papers and displaying posters and leaflets.
● Referrals Networker: to make and maintain contact with all the key agencies in the
area that may be able to refer readers.
Other Management Team Roles
● Deputy Team Leader (optional): to lead in the absence of the Team Leader and
support them in other ways where helpful.
● Administrator (Secretary): to be responsible for record keeping, internal and external
communications by agreement with the Team Leader.
● Treasurer: to keep accurate and up-to-date financial records and end of year accounts,
ensure that the money and property of the group are properly managed.
● Data Protection Champion: to ensure that the group looks after data appropriately
● Fundraiser: to take responsibility for ensuring the group raises the funds it needs,
through applications to local grant givers and other activities, if necessary.
● IT Supporter: someone who can advise and support the team on all IT related topics
● Literacy Specialist: to provide literacy advice to Coordinator; to visit reading pairs to
provide advice and guidance; look after the group’s Resources Box and to be involved
in running Coach Meetings.
● Safeguarding Champion: to be responsible for implementing the Safeguarding and
DBS Checks Policies, supporting Volunteers and Readers, as necessary, within the
scope of this role ensuring that training for all is kept up to date.
● Venue Organiser: to find reading venues; visiting them annually and checking their
suitability in line with the Venue and Lone Worker Policy
● Volunteer Recruiter: to manage the recruitment process of all volunteers for the group,
and interview volunteers with the Coordinator or Team Leader.
Read Easy groups are financially independent from Read Easy UK, and we are responsible for raising all the money needed to keep our group going. If you would like to support our work, please get in touch to find out how.
