Read Easy Newcastle and North Tyneside is a volunteer-led group teaching adults to read. Read Easy UK is a national charity with over 80 groups in the UK, and ours is the first group in north-east England. We recruit local coaches (after references and DBS checks) to meet readers twice a week for 30 minutes in a public space, such as a library or community space. We provide training and teaching materials to coaches, who are supported by a Coordinator and a Literacy Specialist. Local residents can refer themselves, but are often referred by adult social care, adult learning services, social housing organisations, job centres, community groups, GPs and social prescribing, schools, libraries, CRISIS, refugee centres etc.