A new charity scheme is helping adults improve their reading skills.
Read Easy Swindon, part of the national Read Easy charity, aims to tackle adult literacy across Swindon through providing reading lessons to adults.
Councillor Jake Chandler, who attended the recent launch event, said: "Read Easy Swindon is a charity launching soon in Swindon to provide reading lessons to adults.
"This holds people back from important opportunities in work, education and even recreation and hobbies."
The scheme is being incorporated into the North and West Wiltshire branch of Read Easy and will begin by offering workshops in Central and Parks Libraries, before hopefully expanding into all core libraries, including North Swindon Library at the Orbital.
Read Easy Swindon is currently looking for volunteers to fill a range of roles, including administrator, safeguarding champion, literacy specialists, organisers, IT supporter, and referrals networker.
Each role comes with specific time commitments and full details are available on the charity’s website.
As a charity, Read Easy Swindon relies on volunteers and donations.
Councillor Chandler said it was encouraging to see cross-party backing for the launch.
He said: "It was great to attend the launch yesterday with Councillor colleagues from all parties represented on SBC."
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