Musician, teacher. Events, Programmes & Activities Lead @ACEVO. Fundraiser @ReadEasySheff.
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Joined April 2012
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ReadEasy Sheffield is now registered with @easyuk, so over 8,000 retailers will now donate to us for FREE every time you use @easyuk to shop with them - easyfundraising.org.uk/suppo…
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We are hosting our first-ever #ClimateWeek!
Join us from 9-13 September as, together with civil society leaders, we will be publishing content and hosting events across different platforms
Get involved: acevo.org.uk/climate-week/
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Statement on the recent racist violence from the The Civil Society Group, including our CEO @JaneIdeCEO
civilsocietygroup.org.uk/
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Feels like time for everyone to have a lapwing.
Take three times daily until you’ve calmed the fuck down.
ALT It’s standing in grass, with some yellow flowers (out of focus) dotting the background. The bird itself is a fine specimen, with glossy green back and wings, white undersides, black bib and mottled black-and-white face. The coup de grace is the wonderful crest, a flick of the artist’s pen.
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Do you enjoy getting out and about in Sheffield? We're looking for a Venues Organiser to liaise with local businesses and organisations to find suitable venues for our readers to learn with their coaches. Find out more about volunteering at
readeasy.org.uk/groups/sheff…
#volunteerweek
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Are you keen and confident using tech? We're looking for volunteer IT Support to help our group with tasks like setting up Microsoft and email accounts and using Sharepoint. Find out more at readeasy.org.uk/groups/sheff… or sheffieldrecruiter@readeasy.org.uk #volunteerweek #Sheffield
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It's Volunteer Week, and we're looking for some new volunteers! First up, Management Team Leader. Could you use your leadership skills to guide and support a team of local volunteers? Find out more at readeasy.org.uk/groups/sheff… and email sheffieldrecruiter@readeasy.org.uk
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🎼 Join us for an evening of beautiful music featuring Bax, Coleridge-Taylor, Ives, and Sibelius on 8th June!
🎟️Buy Tickets at: tickettailor.com/events/shef…
#NaturesBeauty #SheffieldEvents
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Great volunteering opportunities - including with us in Sheffield!
Read Easy UK is on a mission to empower adults through the power of reading 📚 By volunteering with us, you can become a literacy hero, helping individuals gain confidence and independence through the gift of learning to read 🧡
#Volunteer #AdultLiteracy #LearnToRead
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Would you like to be writing these posts? We're looking for a Publicity Organiser volunteer to spread the word about our literacy coaching in Sheffield. Social media, local media, & your ideas about getting the message out there! Get in touch at sheffieldrecruiter@readeasy.org.uk
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May is National Share-a-Story month! Would you like to help people improve their reading so they can share more stories? Or know someone who needs help to improve their reading skills? Visit readeasy.org.uk/groups/sheff… to find out about becoming a Reading Coach or learning to read.
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A huge thank you to The Blakemore Foundation @AF_Blakemore for their donation towards our work this year, helping us support adults in Sheffield who want to improve their reading.
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Would you like to help adults learn to read? We're looking for volunteer coaches in all areas of Sheffield - once trained, you'll be linked with an adult who wants to improve their reading, to help them work through our reading programme. Email sheffieldrecruiter@readeasy.org.uk
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WIN! - A Copy of St. Vincent’s ‘All Born Screaming’
Annie Clark is back next week with a new full-length, and we’re giving away a vinyl copy to one lucky winner.
Simply like, share, and give us a follow to be entered.
normanrecords.com/records/20…
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🙌 JUST £280 TO REACH MY TARGET! 🙌
🎉 I'd been thinking for a long time about how to mark my 40th Birthday; I eventually came up with the idea of a musical and charity project which does just that in support of @separated_child.
Read more and donate: davidbartonmusic.co.uk/be-a-… – at West Midlands, England
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Do you know someone in Sheffield who’d like to improve their reading ability? We offer free, friendly 1:1 coaching for adults who’d like to get better at reading. If you’d like to have coaching with us or refer someone you know, get in touch: sheffieldcoordinator@readeasy.org.uk
Really pleased with this National Lottery grant success 🥳 It'll help us support many more readers over the next couple of years.
We are delighted to share that we have received #NationalLottery funding from @TNLComFund to help fund Read Easy Sheffield for the next two years! Thank you to National Lottery players for helping #MakeAmazingHappen.
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📚 SIGNED BOOK #GIVEAWAY! 📚
For #WomensHistoryMonth I am giving away a signed copy of QUARTET, which tells the stories of four pioneering women composers. All you have to do to enter is:
- Follow me
- Retweet this post
Closes on #IWD, 8/3/24. Good luck!
ALT Leah Broad holding two paperback copies of her book Quartet. She is standing in front of a bookcase, and wearing a black jumper.