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An update on the past year from Kris
I’m pleased to say that we successfully recruited 7 new learners in 2024 and have another in the pipeline. We’ve also trained 4 new Reading Coaches and are hoping to train a couple more this year. We also celebrated 2 graduations. We sadly said farewell to Sheila as Coach Coordinator after 12 years with FRED. We wished her well for her retirement at the AGM and with a team meal in May. She’s offered ongoing support for the website and may attend some of the meetings in future.
We’ve held 3 Coach meetings and 6 Management Team meetings and welcomed Marian onto the Management Team. Glenys also attended a meeting last month and we’re hoping she may join us on the team - no pressure! Any Coach who would like to come along to a Management Team meeting to find out more about how we run, please let Malcom, our Team Leader, know and he will make sure you are sent an invitation.
Some of the team have attended/helped out at a range of events across the year (thanks to Alan for coordinating these). Marian and Anne have organised a Coach Coffee and Chat informal meeting at Bream Coffee Shop and hope to run of series of these meetings throughout the year at a range of venues. I also plan to run more regular Coach meetings this year, which will provide opportunities for learning different techniques you can use when supporting your Learner.
Thank you – all of you – for your time and dedication to FRED. We are all volunteers doing our best to make a difference in the Forest of Dean District, and you really do! We couldn’t do it without you.