Current volunteering opportunities:

There are lots of interesting ways to get involved in a Read Easy group and we often have vacancies, both on our local Management Team and for Reading Coaches. At the moment we are particularly looking to fill the following roles:

  • Treasurer. Our treasurer Hazel is moving away from South Devon shortly. While she will continue to work remotely for a while this is a crucial role and Hazel agrees it is better if the treasurer can attend some meetings in person and provide valuable input. While a professional background in finance would be brilliant it is not essential as long as you can maintain accurate records and keep us on the straight and narrow.
  • Deputy Team Leader, to work closely with Anne, our team leader with a view to taking over leadership of the group.
  • Networkers with local knowledge of Torbay, Teignmouth or Totnes to help us reach out to non-readers, find venues and raise our profile.
  • Reading Coaches Torbay- experience of working with adults with additional needs would be an advantage but not essential.
  • Coordinator to mentor reading pairs across Torbay.
  • Fundraiser to help us stay financially viable.

Click here for the Read Easy Torbay Volunteer Application Form.

If there is a role listed here that would suit you, please complete the above application form.

If there are no suitable vacancies listed at the moment, you can still get in touch if you would like to, and we can keep a note of your interest, if you are happy for us to keep your details.

If you would like to find out more about each of our volunteer roles click here.

About our group:

Read Easy Torbay & South Devon has been running for nearly 11 years and is registered with the charity commission. We currently have reading pairs in Torquay, Paignton, Brixham, Newton Abbot, Teignmouth, Dawlish, Bovey Tracey and Totnes. If you want to volunteer or refer someone struggling to read and are just outside these areas please do get in touch. We can advise you whether our group is best for you or make contact with one of the other groups in Devon on your behalf.

We are also coaching some readers remotely so we can discuss that option. This is a growth area given the remoteness of some parts of Devon.

Read Easy groups are financially independent of Read Easy UK and we raise all the money we need to support our group, that’s about £5000 pa. If you would like to support our work financially or if you have a safe space for a reading pair to work please do contact Anne, our team leader on torbayleader@readeasy.org.uk

If you work with adults who struggle to read Anne would be delighted to join a team meeting to let your colleagues know of our work.

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