Help a child learn to read
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Reading charities place trained volunteers in schools to sit with one child at a time and read at that child's pace. In the UK Coram Beanstalk helpers see the same child every week, while AARP Foundation Experience Corps tutors work with American elementary pupils up to third grade, roughly ages five to nine.
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How to start
- Read the Coram Beanstalk volunteer page or the Experience Corps page and check the practical requirements.
- Complete the online volunteer application form for the programme in your country.
- Attend the training the charity provides before your first session in a school.
Where to go
- Coram Beanstalk volunteer page (UK reading charity) UK
- AARP Foundation Experience Corps programme page US
We opened these links on 8 October 2026 and found them to be what we say. Dates, places and prices are on the official page, where they stay up to date.
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