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    30 January 2025

    The Listening Project

    The Listening Project

    The Mayor invited Alan Guyver of Wells Rotary Club and founder of ‘The Listening Project Wells’ to address the meeting of Full Council. He was accompanied by Liz Ramsay, English lead at St. Cuthbert’s Primary School and two of the school’s reading ambassadors. The Mayor is pictured here with the two children who were invited to the Mayor’s Parlour and to meet Wells City Council. They were both brave enough to stand up and give a talk about why they love reading and their favourite authors. Both were excellent ambassadors for their school.

    Each week a team of volunteer listeners from the Rotary Club Listening Project go to St Cuthbert’s Primary School and more recently also to Stoberry Park School to listen to children read.  At St. Cuthbert’s Primary School each of the six classes has a dedicated listener. In one and a half hours a volunteer typically listens to between 6 and 9 children. The Mayor was extremely impressed by the children, their teacher and the positive impact of the Listening Project and is keen to support and promote it as much as possible. Anyone can volunteer (subject to full DBS checks) and can contact Wells Rotary Club for more information

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    30 January 2025

    The Listening Project

    The Listening Project

    The Mayor invited Alan Guyver of Wells Rotary Club and founder of ‘The Listening Project Wells’ to address the meeting of Full Council. He was accompanied by Liz Ramsay, English lead at St. Cuthbert’s Primary School and two of the school’s reading ambassadors. The Mayor is pictured here with the two children who were invited to the Mayor’s Parlour and to meet Wells City Council. They were both brave enough to stand up and give a talk about why they love reading and their favourite authors. Both were excellent ambassadors for their school.

    Each week a team of volunteer listeners from the Rotary Club Listening Project go to St Cuthbert’s Primary School and more recently also to Stoberry Park School to listen to children read.  At St. Cuthbert’s Primary School each of the six classes has a dedicated listener. In one and a half hours a volunteer typically listens to between 6 and 9 children. The Mayor was extremely impressed by the children, their teacher and the positive impact of the Listening Project and is keen to support and promote it as much as possible. Anyone can volunteer (subject to full DBS checks) and can contact Wells Rotary Club for more information

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