Useful links- volunteering and mentoring

www.amity.org.uk
Amity Reading Clubs is a voluntary organisation which provides one-to-one literacy tuition for adults with special learning difficulties, through three clubs operating in south east London. Volunteers are recuited and trained to support work with students. The site provides information about the organisation's work, as well as access to training materials. 
Contact: Amity Reading Clubs, c/o Gladys Glascoe, 61 Cedar Road, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent CT2 0JG. Tel: 01227 711012.

Better Reading Partnership
The Better Reading Partnership approach, originating in Education Bradford, provides pupils with additional one-to-one reading support from trained support staff and community volunteers. There are three models of delivery, depending on partners time commitment: 15-minute sessions three times a week over 10 weeks; 20 minutes twice a week for 12 weeks; or once a week for 15 weeks. Accreditation is through NWYOCN. The approach has been adopted by over 35 LEAs. Training is offered by Bradford to LEA staff in other areas to enable them to train their own reading volunteers or non-teaching school staff to support pupils. More
Contact: Bradford Better Reading Partnership, Language for Life team, Education Bradford, Future House, Bolling Road, Bradford BD4 7EB. Tel: 01274 385928. Email: jan.hill@educationbradford.com.

http://www.coram.org.uk/what-we-do/boys2MEN/ Boys2MEN is a project developed by Coram Family to provide mentoring for boys, young people and fathers/parents, focused on music, arts and sport activities. It aims to assist males who are considered vulnerable, challenging, and hard to reach or at risk of social exclusion, to rediscover their potential and to successfully make the transition from childhood to adulthood.
Tel: 020 7604 5960.

www.csv.org.uk
Community Service Volunteers (CSV) Education encourages community involvement in education through publications, workshops, training, local projects and organising volunteers. Its programmes include training retired people and university students to provide support to primary school pupils. 
Contact: CSV, 237 Pentonville Road, London N1 9NJ  Tel: 020 7278 6601 Fax: 020 7833 0149.

www.doit.org.uk
Do It is an online database of volunteering opportunities and local volunteer bureaux

www.envision.org.uk
Envision Youth Educators are volunteers who support a team of sixth form students (16-19 yrs) to implement social and environmental projects in their schools and local communities. The role involves providing advice and encouragement at weekly meetings.

www.learningpartnerships.org.uk
Learning Partnerships is a registered charity that recruits, trains, places and supports volunteers working with children (aged 7-12) in inner city Leeds. Volunteers come from the local community and local businesses and are offered the opportunity to support children with individual reading sessions in schools or in small groups at after-school and community literacy clubs. An Open College accreditation award is available for those volunteering for a term or more.
Tel: 0113 380 6736 or email gail@learningpartnerships.org.uk.

www.readingpartners.co.uk/
Online Reading Partners is a Coventry based scheme which pairs school children with reading partners who read the same books as they do. The project trains and CRB checks reading partners, who then work through the books, asking questions based on what the child's teacher has said they need to work on.

www.pbreadingassistance.co.uk
The Pooh Bear Reading Assistance Society works in Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire, recruiting and training volunteers to support children aged 4 to 16 with their reading. The support is provided in schools, family homes and reading clubs. Volunteers are offered basic and accredited training and continuing support. 
Contact: Pooh Bear Reading Assistance Society, Suite T, Conifer Rooms, 34-43 Prospect Street, Hull HU2 8PX. Tel: 01482 224333.

www.protocol-professional.co.uk
Protocol Professional finds teaching assignments for trainers, lecturers, assessors, facilitators and tutors in post-16 education. Existing teaching qualifications are not necessarily required. More

www.readingmatters.org.uk
Reading Matters recruits, trains and supports adult volunteers to work one-to-one with pupils that have reading difficulties in key stages 3 and 4 (age 11 to 16). Volunteers are recruited from the local community and training leads to an Open College Network qualification. Partnerships are established with local libraries to ensure resources are available for volunteers. Struggling KS4 students can also be trained as reading partners.Schools make a contribution to costs; grants and donations cover the rest. Possible funding sources are Excellence in Cities, Education Action Zones or the Children's Fund, as well as family literacy budgets. Find out more.
Reading Matters currently works in primarily in Yorkshire (Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, Leeds, Sheffield and Wakefield) and Birmingham, although it hopes to expand into London and the South East.
Contact local offices - Birmingham: 0121 779 7886; Bradford: 01274 692219; Calderdale: 01274 692219; Doncaster: 01302 834688; Leeds: 0113 273 7964; Sheffield: 0114 250 6878; Wakefield: 0113 273 7964 ext 231. Email: info@readingmatters.org.uk.

www.rowa.org.uk
Read On - Write Away! in Derbyshire provides training to volunteers and non-teaching school staff in the Better Reading Partnership approach. 
Contact: ROWA!, County Hall, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 3AG. Tel: 01629 585603. Email: ian@rowa.co.uk. 

www.springboard.org.uk
Springboard for Children is a registered charity that uses specialist teachers and trained volunteers to work one-to-one with primary school children to support their literacy development. Children are identified by the school's special educational needs coordinator and receive twice-weekly sessions of 30-50 minutes with the same tutor. Our aim is to break cycles of failure, frustration and disruptive behaviour through the individual, nurturing attention provided by literacy tutors. Springboard for Children currently works in primary schools in south London, north London and Manchester. We need committed volunteers to join us so that together we can help more children.
Contact: Springboard for Children, 4 Bedlam Mews, Off Walnut Tree Walk, London, SE11 6DF. Tel: 020 7582 5487 Email: info@springboard.org.uk.

www.timebank.org.uk
TimeBank is a UK national charity that encourages people to volunteer their time and skills for worthy causes in areas such as education, young people, health and the environment.
Contact: TimeBank, 2nd Floor, Downstream Building, 1 London Bridge, London SE1 9BG. Tel: 0845 456 1668.

www.timebank.org.uk/volunteer/cmp_reading_volunteers.php
Reading Volunteers is a Partnership between TimeBank and Volunteer Reading Help to recruit reading volunteers to work pupils in primary schools. 
Call the TimeBank information line on 0845 601 4008.

www.timebank.org.uk/righttoread
Right to Read is national partnership between TimeBank and Business in the Community to encourage companies to sign up to provide staff as reading volunteers for primary pupils.
Visit or call 0845 601 4008.

www.vinspired.com/
A youth volunteering charity for young people aged between 16 and 24 years old

Volunteer bureaux
There are around 500 volunteer bureaux throughout the UK, putting people in touch with organisations that need volunteers of all kinds. They are sometimes known by other names such as volunteer centres, volunteer development agencies or volunteer action. You should be able to find the details of your nearest bureau in your local telephone book. Otherwise, contact the National Association of Volunteer Bureaux on 0121 633 4555, Volunteer Bureaux Northern Ireland on 028 9023 6100, Volunteer Development Scotland on 01786 479593 or Wales Council for Voluntary Action on 01222 855100.  
www.volunteering.org.uk
Volunteering England is the national organisation for volunteer development.
Contact: Volunteering England, Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL. Tel: 0845 305 6779.

www.vrh.org.uk
Volunteer Reading Help (VRH) was set up in 1973 to help primary school children with their reading. It is a charity operating in England through a network of local branches which link people from the local community with children aged six to 11 who teachers feel would benefit from regular one-to-one help. If there is not a VRH branch in your area, you may be able to train via distance learning and offer support to a local school as an independent volunteer.
Contact: Volunteer Reading Help, Charity House, 14-15 Perseverance Works, 38 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DD. Tel: 020 7729 4087. Fax: 020 7729 7643. Email: info@vrh.org.uk.