Read Easy Nottingham

25/03/2026

Do you know any adults who want to learn to read? We have a small number of places available for free, one to one coaching. Please get in touch :)

20/02/2026

Our coach and Team Leader, Helen Chambers, is so happy to be celebrating with her reader. He has completed Book Two and is making really great progress with his reading

19/12/2025

16/07/2025

At our recent volunteer meeting, 1 of our coaches shared this article. No wonder some of our readers struggled at school!

02/06/2025

This explains why it's so hard to read our language!

02/04/2025

Over 20 of our Nottingham Read Easy volunteers got together at in March for a catch up. It was a great turnout, with most of our coaches able to attend. We were delighted to meet Lynn Smart, our new coordinator. Lynn's arrival will enable us to take on even more new readers.
Yvonne, our Literacy Expert shared lots of new, exciting resources that are have available and we were all able to share our top tips for coaching.
Thank you to everybody who came along, and for those who couldn't make it, a full set of notes has been sent out.

02/04/2025

Over 20 of our Nottingham Read Easy volunteers got together at the end of March for catch up. It was a great turnout, with most of our coaches able to attend. We were delighted to meet Lynn Smart, our new coordinator. Lynn's arrival will enable us to take on even more new readers.
Yvonne, our Literacy Expert shared lots of new, exciting resources that are have available and we were all able to share our top tips for coaching.
Thank you to everybody who came along, and for those who couldn't make it, a full set of notes has been sent out.

28/01/2025

Some people never learn to read or swim or even cook as children - but with the right spirit there’s still time to make things right

27/01/2025

Last Monday, we were pleased to have Professor Clare Wood from Nottingham Trent University join our coaches on Zoom to discuss dyslexia. We learned that dyslexia can present in various ways and explored several strategies to help our readers make reading easier.

Thank you, Clare, for giving up your time to support Read Easy!

06/01/2025

Happy New Year to all our volunteers and readers.
2024 was a year of change for Read Easy Nottingham. As we celebrated our 5 year anniversary, we said goodbye to our founding pioneer and Team Leader Andrew Pickin. We are so grateful to Helen Chambers, who has agreed to take on the leadership of our team. Andrew and Louise Radford started our group just before lockdown and since then we have become Read Easy’s largest on-line teaching group, as well as teaching face to face. We have trained over 30 coaches and seen over 20 readers engage in our scheme.

Thank you to everybody who continues to support us, none of this would be possible without our amazing volunteers and donors.