Volunteer

You don’t need to have any teaching experience to become a Shine Volunteer. If you share our passion for helping a child discover the joy of reading, then join us! Check out our calendar for dates of the next Volunteer Orientation Training which will give you all you need to get started.

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What does Shine do?

Shine provides support in language and reading for children in Grades 2 and 3 who may need extra help with literacy. Based in schools, we place trained volunteers to sit with 1 – 2 children for an hour, twice a week, to grow their love of books and reading. Join us in helping a child to read

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Shine in a Box

We facilitate the establishment of new Shine Centres, Shine ‘Chapters’ (social franchises) and reading clubs through our training programme, a two-part course called ‘Shine in a Box’.

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Support Shine with a My Village card!

The Shine Trust is part of the MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet fundraising scheme, which raises essential money for schools, charities and environmental organisations. You can make a huge difference to the Shine Trust literacy programme without costing you a cent! Sign up here