Free Shared Reading Facilitator Training for Volunteers
Date and time is TBD
|Hawkesbury Area
Want to use your love of reading to improve social connection and mental health in your community? Become a Shared Reading facilitator!
Time & Location
Date and time is TBD
Hawkesbury Area, Hawkesbury, NSW, Australia
About this Course
Do you Live in the Hawkesbury area? Would you like to use your love of reading to improve social connection and mental health in your community?
Shared Reading, uses carefully selected literature to promote connection, reflection, healing and joy. Shared Reading sessions
are inclusive and uplifting with outcomes including:
Increased confidence
Reduced loneliness
Increased belonging
Increased hope/optimism
Greater sense of purpose
Improved mental health
What you will get out of it:
You will be fully trained in the techniques and skills to deliver Shared Reading groups. Then we will find a placement for you in a
community setting. Shared Reading groups run from libraries, community centres and retirement villages.
The benefits of becoming a volunteer Shared Reading facilitator include:
Running a fun, engaging activity
Increased meaning and purpose
Connecting with other volunteers
Learn a new skill
Do something good for your community
Do something that people love
Personal growth
Commitment
Training is free for volunteers. After training you will be asked to commit to run a fortnightly Shared Reading group for 2 hours per fortnight.
If you would like to find out more about this free training opportunity, pelase contact Chris Smith 0468 346 834 or email chris@sharedreadingnsw.com