# ASSISTING BERKSHIRE CHILDREN TO READ

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1184968
- **Other names:** ABC TO READ
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 20, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1184968


## Contact

- **Address:** St. Marks Church Hall, 94 Cranbury Road, READING
- **Postcode:** RG30 2TA
- **Phone:** 0118 951 1336
- **Email:** info@abctoread.org.uk
- **Website:** www.abctoread.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** To advance the education of the public in Berkshire and the surrounding areas by:a) Providing tuition and support to help children in schools across Berkshire and surrounding areas to overcome reading difficulties, thereby promoting self-confidence and emotional well-being.b) Providing workshops, training, and support to parents and guardians of such children, enabling them to gain greater confidence in assisting their children to read.c) Delivering workshops, training and support to help older students become reading buddies, fostering leadership skills while helping younger children improve their reading.

**Activities:** ABC to read aims to advance the education of the public in Berkshire by:a) providing tuition and support to help children in Berkshire schools to overcome reading difficulties thereby promoting self-confidence.b)  providing workshops, training and support to parents and guardians of such children so that they may gain greater confidence in assisting the children to read.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LOCAL
- Bracknell Forest
- Reading
- Slough
- West Berkshire
- Windsor And Maidenhead
- Wokingham





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Claire Louise Herriott |  | June 27, 2019 |
| Hannah Corinna McNicholl |  | June 22, 2021 |
| JANIS SUSAN DIEPPE |  | July 3, 2025 |
| Jennifer Cooney |  | June 27, 2019 |
| Leorah Stewart |  | Feb. 22, 2024 |
| MICHAEL EDWARDS |  | June 27, 2019 |
| Pauline Vera Harper |  | June 27, 2019 |
| Stephen Graham Smith |  | June 27, 2019 |




