ABC to read: Helping Struggling Readers Thrive Across Berkshire
Award-winning charity celebrates positive school evaluation results and calls for new schools and volunteers to join their mission ABC to read, the Berkshire-based children’s reading charity, is celebrating another year of positive impact following the results of its latest school evaluations. The charity, which has been supporting children who struggle with reading since 2004, currently works in over 100 schools and supports more than 500 children each week through its [...]
We are now a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
We are pleased to announce that ABC to read is now a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation). From 1 January 2020 ABC to read will have a new charity number (which is 1184968) and our bank details will change. The benefit of becoming a CIO is that it provides a better legal framework for our charity providing greater protection for our Trustees, staff and the schools that we support. Apart from [...]
99% improvement in reading accuracy thanks to local charity
99% of the local Berkshire children who benefit from a one-to-one ABC to Read mentor have improved in their reading accuracy. The result comes from the charity’s most recent annual report, which also highlights that 99% of the youngsters working with them have improved in their confidence in reading and 98% have enhanced their comprehension. ABC to Read works with primary school children who have been identified by their schools [...]