Read Easy Stockport

What we do

We know that about 11,300 adults in Stockport cant read or struggle with everyday reading such as food or safety labels, a letter from the hospital or a bus timetable. This may be due to a number of different reasons such as disrupted education, family problems, undiagnosed visual or hearing impairment, dyslexia and the intergenerational effect.

Such adults also miss out on being able to read to their children or grandchildren. Read Easy is needed because people are ashamed to admit that they have a problem, especially if their previous experience of education was bad, and so they wont join a formal class.

We're passionate about transforming more lives in the community through our proven, confidential programme of free, one-to-one, volunteer-led adult reading coaching.

Most of the reading pairs meet in branches of Stockport Library or community venues. Becoming a volunteer for Read Easy is fun and fulfilling but requires commitment and passion. Youll be given lots of support, meet a diverse range of people, and be part of a genuinely life-changing organisation.

From experience, we know that learning to read really does change lives and being part of that process is special.