In partnership with Luton Adult Learning, 14 volunteers have trained how to deliver English Language and Literacy to our Roma families. Each volunteer is carefully matched to each family and several are now up and running. As you can see below, we have a wide range of people who have volunteered. Funding has come from Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation. The needs of the Roma community are hugely diverse, even within the same family. We hope over a generation to break the cycle of illeracy leading to unemployability, poverty and dependancy. Above all, if the families start to believe "English is cool," then anything is possible. School teachers constantly beg us to do anything we can to help their Roma pupils keep pace with the class, Roma parents often ask for help too. If more funding is forthcoming, then we can train up more volunteers... Keen to come on board? Email me here!
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