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PEF Contribution

• PEF is investing in strengthening VRH's core capacity and capabilities, including its information systems infrastructure and marketing functions.
• This will help VRH achieve robust and sustainable programme growth.

Introducing the Charity

Volunteer Reading Help aim to create a nation of confident children, literate for life. Children are inspired to become confident and literate for life through the sustained support of trained reading helpers.

The Volunteer Reading Help pupil survey indicates that 60% of children show 'good' or 'excellent' improvement in reading performance - this will help the children achieve in school, gain qualifications and progress into work.

Literate for life

"I think if you can make reading subconscious, it frees their minds to focus on the content of what they are reading "says Jan Doole. Large numbers of children leave primary school without adequate reading skills, and these children will often misbehave in school, distracting classmates, as a way of seeking attention for a problem they are ashamed of even having.