The Passionate about Reading Club is an intergenerational project targeting children aged between 11 and 13 who are reluctant readers.
This project links the children together with older reading partners from the community (“community parents and grandparents”) and uses e-readers instead of books to make reading more interactive and interesting.
The idea has emerged from discussions with teachers and Headteachers earlier this year on the need to improve literacy in order to help children with reading difficulties be successful.
A pilot project was run at Cranford Community College in 2016 -17 to explore the use of e-reader technology in supporting the development of children’s reading competency.
In addition to the reading, this project will develop the child’s social skills and for the adult volunteer, a chance to give back to the community. Hounslow’s Promise which was set up earlier this year believes that through strengthening the community around our schools and supporting teachers, we can help support young people’s achievement.
The online voting is now open! The online voting is quick and easy. You will just need to register a valid email address, then search “Passionate about Reading Club” in the Projects search field.
You get 10 votes to use how you want! Using the scroll bar on the voting page, you can give all your votes to one project or split them!
Early voting matters – so please vote now! The final chance to vote is on the 21st November 2017 at 12 noon. Please see the link: https://community-fund.aviva.co.uk/voting/project/view/17-6077
