ASSISTED READING FOR CHILDREN 

Recruitment, training, resourcing and one year support of 30 new volunteers to help at least 90 children in their first year with ARCh. We would hope that many of the 30 new volunteers will continue ....more

Recruitment, training, resourcing and one year support of 30 new volunteers to help at least 90 children in their first year with ARCh. We would hope that many of the 30 new volunteers will continue into second and subsequent years with ARCh when the charity's costs are virtually fully cost recoverable from the financial contributions made by schools, ensuring sustainability.

To recruit, train, resource and support for one year 10 new volunteers reading helpers to work one-to-one with disadvantaged children lin primary schools in the Ox11 area, After successful completion ....more

To recruit, train, resource and support for one year 10 new volunteers reading helpers to work one-to-one with disadvantaged children lin primary schools in the Ox11 area, After successful completion of our application, vetting and training process each volunteer will be assigned to a local primary school and work with 3 children, sharing books, games and conversation once a or twice a week during the school day for a period of one year. Sessions will be tailored to suit individual children's interests and abilities. Volunteers get to know their children well and develop a supportive mentoring relationship, acting as reading role models. We work with the volunteers to provide resources personalised to each child (the books to hook these often reluctant readers in) Funding would allow us to offer our service cost free to schools for the first year and we would hope that many volunteers continue in subsequent years thereby reaching more children We want to support every primary school in Didcot but to do this we need more volunteers and we would like to work with local secondary schools, colleges and employers on this. We would hope that Powerhouse Funding would aid this collaboration.

Grant to ARCH (Assisted Reading for Children in Oxfordshire)

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Advice & support - reading to disadvantaged children in Oxfordshire, enhancing their lives and improving their life chances.

This grant would cover costs to the charity of recruitment, training, resourcing, and support for one year 30 new volunteers who would support at least 90 children during the year

We would recruit, train, resource and support for one year 14 new volunteers who would work with at least 42 children in Oxford schools in their first year, imparting a love of reading to enhance ....more

We would recruit, train, resource and support for one year 14 new volunteers who would work with at least 42 children in Oxford schools in their first year, imparting a love of reading to enhance their lives at school and beyond, breaking the deprivation cycle. (Even more children will be reached if volunteers continue into second and subsequent years with ARCh)

Average cost to the charity of recruitment, training, resourcing and support for the first year of a volunteer is £768. We ask schools to contribute £420 towards this leaving a shortfall of £348. ....more

Average cost to the charity of recruitment, training, resourcing and support for the first year of a volunteer is £768. We ask schools to contribute £420 towards this leaving a shortfall of £348. We would use this grant to cover this shortfall which would enable us to recruit 14 new reading helper volunteers.

Improve life skills, education, employability and enterprise