Wriggly Readers Storytime Volunteer - Swaffham Library

Get InVOLved Norfolk; Swaffham; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in Swaffham is seeking a Storytime Volunteer to engage with infants and their caregivers at the library. This role involves delivering regular storytime sessions, selecting appropriate stories, and ensuring an enjoyable experience for young children and their parents. Ideally, candidates should be enthusiastic about working with infants and possess the ability to build rapport with families. The organization offers reimbursement of costs incurred by volunteers.

Benefits

Reimbursement of costs

Qualifications

• Experience in engaging with infants and their caregivers.
• Ability to choose and prepare engaging stories for a young audience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver regular storytime sessions to encourage attendance of parents and babies.
• Choose stories and prepare for each session in advance.
• Set up the session and clean up afterward.
• Read stories to babies and assist with follow-up sessions for parents.

Skills

Good rapport with babies and parents

Enjoy working with young babies

Job description

Wriggly Readers Storytime Volunteer - Swaffham Library

Organisation role · 1—2 hrs/Week · Starting from 15 Jan 2026

We are looking for a Storytime volunteer to help us with a story time for children and their carers at Swaffham Library. Sessions run on Thursdays, 11.00-12.00

Detailed description

You will be asked to deliver a regular story time session to encourage parents and their baibies to come along to a story session for under 2's.

This will involve:

• Choosing stories and preparing for the story session in advance
• Setting up the session and clear away at the end
• Reading stories to babies who are visiting the library with their carers
• Helping with a follow on session for mum's to have a chat and for the babies to play with some toys

You will need:

• To have a good rapport with the babies and mums attending
• To enjoy working with young babies

What we will provide to volunteers

💸 Reimbursement of costs

Getting there

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