A SCHEME aimed at making people feel welcome when they arrive in Reading is looking for volunteers to come forward.
Run from Reading Station, the Welcome To Reading Ambassador help visitors find local information, directions and help for their onward journeys.
The volunteers take turns to staff the information stand inside the station. Now more welcomers are needed for the scheme, which launched last summer and is organised by Reading UK CIC.
Alex Brannen of Reading UK, said: “The volunteer Ambassadors represent our town and all that is great about it, sharing their knowledge of things to do, where to go and how to get there with the thousands of people who pass through Reading Station.
“This is a role that suits people who like talking to and helping others and who want to help promote our town.”
The volunteers help for three hours a week, and they are paired with another helper. They receive induction training and a uniform. Anyone interested will need to be able to volunteer for three hours, one day a week.
Terry Dixon is a Welcome Ambassador volunteer who enjoys the role.
“From helping people on the station with all manner of requests and giving a good first impression of Reading to providing directions and ideas of things to do in Reading, volunteering as a welcome ambassador is rewarding and fulfils an important function of promoting our friendly town to people visiting or just passing through,” they said.
For more details, or to volunteer, log on to: alex@livingreading.co.uk
