Chapter One Impact Report 2022-23 - Flipbook - Page 26
£324,878
DELIVERED OF SOCIAL VALUE/SOCIAL
RETURN ON INVESTMENT BY OUR
CORPORATE PARTNERS WITH THE
SUPPORT OF CHAPTER ONE (IN 2022-23)
The link between reading for pleasure
and economic growth
Research shows clearly that collaborations
between the charity and corporate sector are key
to encouraging positive reading behaviours and
prosperity.
If all children in the UK read for pleasure daily, the
number achieving five good GCSEs could increase
by 1.1 million in 30 years. This would boost lifetime
earnings of the individuals by £57,500 and lead to
an economic impact of up to £4.6 billion to the UK’s
GDP each year.*
*British Land report 2021 commissioned by the National Literacy Trust
HOW WE SUPPORTED COMMUNITY-LEVEL CHANGE IN CUMBRIA
In January 2022 Chapter One launched a partnership
with the Programme and Project Partners (PPP) at
Sellafield Ltd which brought our online reading
volunteers programme to schools in West Cumbria.
Statistically, West Cumbria has some of the most
socially deprived, disadvantaged areas in the country.
Social value targets are embedded within the PPP
procurement process and are a key driver for delivering
social impact in the region. As part of this commitment,
PPP wanted to support children and schools within the
area to improve academic attainment. However, with
many of the Sellafield supply chain companies being
located outside West Cumbria, getting volunteers into
schools was a challenge. This is where Chapter One’s
digital, remote volunteer reading platform came into its
own - enabling those companies with staff outside the
region to tackle the literacy issue locally.
The PPP at Sellafield Ltd social impact team supported
the Chapter One team in bringing together interested
companies, schools and corporate volunteers, helping
to sign up 11 sponsor companies and six participating
schools in some of the most economically deprived
areas in West Cumbria.
community whilst also delivering against
contractual Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Using the Chapter One platform, the reading
level of students is measured at the start of the
process and again at the end to understand
how much progress the students have made,
with the average reading level of the students
improving by 3.9 levels out of nine.
In total, Chapter One had 99 online reading
volunteers supporting 105 5- 7- year-old students
in the region (six supported two children), who
read together for 30 minutes a week from
January 2022 to the end of the school year. The
volunteers provided a total of 480.1 hours of
reading support and on average pupils
progressed by 2.6 reading levels.
480+
VOLUNTEER READING HOURS
By developing the partnership with Chapter One, the
PPP social impact team enabled their supply chain
partners to deliver measurable benefits to the local
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