Optional extra in-depth volunteer training sessions for 2026-27!

From September to May, we run our annual series of optional ‘Boost Your Impact’ webinars hosted by Chapter One staff and external experts. Topics include how to break the ice with your pupil, a deeper dive into how children are taught reading and phonics, how to engage shy and reluctant readers and how to challenge more confident readers.

The webinars will take place on Microsoft Teams - click the links below to register! Upon registering, you will receive an email confirmation and joining link/calendar invite. If you don't receive one, please check your spam folder. If you don't see one there, have any issues registering or you have any questions about any of the webinars, contact Isabel Davies, Chapter One's Social Media & Communications Officer, at isabel.davies@chapterone.org.

A Deeper Dive into Phonics and How Reading is Taught to Children in Year 1 and Year 2 of Primary School - delivered by early years literacy specialist Emma Spiers

- 28 September, 4-5pm
- 19 November, 9.30-10.30am

Additional resource on phonics
Download phoneme chart

Boost Your Impact: How to Break the Ice With Your Pupil - delivered by Emma Bell, CEO, Chapter One

- 8 October, 12.30-1.30pm
- 24 November, 12.30-1.30pm

Boost Your Impact: Tips on How to Engage Shy and Reluctant Readers - delivered by early literacy specialist Emma Spiers

- 13 October, 9.30-10.30am
- 12 January, 4-5pm

Boost Your Impact: Child Safeguarding: What Do I Need to Know? - delivered by Stephanie Lockwood, Operational Safeguarding Lead, Chapter One

- 5 November, 12.30-1.30pm
- 27 January, 9.30-10.30am
- 17 March, 12.30-1.30pm
- 21 May, 9.30-10.30am

Boost Your Impact: Supporting Your Chapter One Pupil to Develop Oracy Skills - delivered by Kathryn Taylor, Schools Development Manager, Chapter One

- 4 December, 9.30-10.30

Boost Your Impact: Supporting Neurodivergent Readers - delivered by Jemma Pitt, Senior Early Literacy Intervention Programme Manager, Chapter One

- 22 January, 12.30-1.30

Boost Your Impact: Supporting Your Chapter One Pupil to Become a Fluent Reader - delivered by Kathryn Taylor, Schools Development Manager, Chapter One

- 10 February, 12.30-1.30

Boost Your Impact: How to Challenge and Extend Confident Readers - delivered by early literacy specialist Emma Spiers

- 2 February, 4-5pm
- 15 March, 9.30am-10.30am