A charity that helps adults learn to read is looking for volunteers to help even more people.

Read Easy Norfolk, which was set up in September 2022, is expanding into Norwich, Wymondham and Dereham.

The charity, which is run by volunteers, offers free, confidential, one-to-one coaching by trained reading coaches.

This is to help adults in the county who struggle with reading.

According to the charity, more than 2.4 million adults in England cannot read or can barely read.

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They said this can make everyday tasks, such as reading road signs, paying bills, reading food labels and doing the food shop very difficult.

It can also make it difficult to get jobs as well as understand health warnings.

The charity said adults who struggle with reading are five times more likely to be unemployed and four times more likely to experience long-term unemployment.

Read Easy provides support to help adults overcome their fears and learn to read.

They are now urging people to come forward and help set up and run these groups.

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Paris Back, Read Easy's team leader for Norfolk, said: “We are looking for more volunteers to join our team in 2024.

"This is an exciting chance to join a friendly group of like-minded people, putting your existing skills to good use for a good cause.

"From our experience we know that learning to read really does change lives and being part of that process is special and very rewarding.”

The charity will officially launch on April 29 at The Forum in Norwich, where Read Easy volunteers, partners, readers, and coaches will be present from 10am to 4pm to discuss the learning materials used and answer questions.

To find out more about the volunteering opportunities available with Read Easy in Norfolk, contact Paul on 07488 812559.