Peter Lloyd would struggle doing everyday tasks such as food shopping because he couldn't read
A dad-of-two says he's been 'given another chance at life' after learning to read to read - in his forties.
"The knowledge I'm getting is unbelievable. My wife and my children feel like I can support myself better because they don't have to worry about me as much - it's fantastic." "If someone told me I needed to go another hairdressers, then I would say no because I had the worry about going to a different car park and not being able to read the signs. I would go to Asda and get used to where all the food was, so I would be able to pick up certain stuff."
Peter said: "When I started at Read Easy, I told them one of my life goals was to read Harry Potter. There was one time I looked at the book and I just couldn't understand it but I had watched all the films so I wanted to read the books." "Then I want to do creative writing and once I've done all that, I want to go full circle and sit at that table with a learner and I'm going to become a coach. When my learner tells me that I don't understand, I can tell them that I have and that I will get them through this.
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