Tutors needed for homework club [advertiser.ie]
- Published: 13 August 2010
A city homework club is looking for adults who have a few spare hours in the afternoon to help out with their homework club.
The community-run project helps children catch up with primary and secondary school-work. The programme cited nationally by Dept of Education Inspectors as one of the most innovative and effective community programmes in the country is now appealing to any adult with some time on their hands to help change a child’s life forever.
St John of God Order Sister, Mary Bourke, is a founding volunteer tutor working with the project at the Fr McGrath Centre on St. Joseph’s Road. Currently there is a long waiting list for the daily programme, restarting on September 14.
In a bid to attract volunteers, Sr Mary assured those thinking about partaking in the programme that they will be fully supported by FAS CE trainees and trained youth staff at the centre and only need to be able to read and write and have an empathy and patience with children to qualify.
“It is hard to comprehend the difference one hour each day is making in a child’s life on this programme,” said Sr Mary, a retired primary school teacher with the St John of God Order.
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