Chapter One Impact Report 2023-24 - Flipbook - Page 22
OUR THEORY OF CHANGE
The problem we tackle
Reading - a critical part of literacy supports children to thrive and increases
life chances. However, socioeconomic
factors impact on children9s
opportunities to develop reading and
literacy skills. Using this evidence, our
refreshed Theory of Change starts with
a clear problem statement:
Far too many primary school children,
facing disadvantage, struggle with
reading, which stops them from thriving
in life.
Who we support
We focus our support on primary school
children in the UK who face
disadvantage, who struggle with
reading and have low levels of reading
confidence and enjoyment. We
interpret 8disadvantage9 broadly, to
include children from low-income
families but also other factors such as
challenging family circumstances or
where English is not the first language.
In addition, we focus our support on
8emerging readers9, because engaging
children in reading at a young age can
mitigate against disadvantage.
volunteers with young readers aged 58, facilitating weekly reading sessions
over an academic year.
How we deliver
Self-determination theory suggests that
three innate psychological needs
facilitate enhanced self-motivation:
autonomy, competence and relatedness.
How we deliver our programmes is
rooted in promoting these three aspects
in children as they are advantageous for
developing motivation and volitional
reading. Through our programmes,
which combine technology with one-toone human connection, we create an
environment whereby children feel
special, encouraged and inspired to
read.
Our pilot programmes:
What we offer
Our core programme:
Online Reading Volunteers
Programme: Our bespoke online
platform connects corporate
Global Free Library: a freely
available online collection of stories
and materials that celebrate the
world's diversity. (Available 2023-24)
Early Literacy Intervention: offers
one-to-one sessions to pupils who
are at risk of falling behind with
class phonics and are not meeting
expected reading levels for their
age. Delivered by trained
interventionists. (Available 2023-24)
Book clubs: a 10-week pilot
programme from early 2025 for
reluctant readers in Years 4-6 to
develop reading for pleasure,
delivered by trained reading
facilitators and volunteers. (From
2025 only)
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