Category: Media

Adult literacy is in the news via this Sydney Morning Herald article, The Secret Shame Stopping 3 Million Australians From Doing Their Job Properly. It is hard to think of a better investment than community-led literacy Campaigns. Local people supporting each other to build skills and confidence. Headlines like this make us think of...

Literacy for Life Foundation Executive Director, Jack Beetson, was recently interviewed about his thoughts on the Voice. Jack is a member of the Federal Government’s Referendum Engagement Group and has spent his lifetime fighting for Aboriginal rights. “It’s about lifting the quality of life for everybody. It won’t just be Aboriginal people, it will...

Literacy for Life Foundation congratulates Board Director Pat Anderson on being named as the 2023 NT Award recipient of the Australian Awards for Excellence in Women’s Leadership. You can read more about the award in this National Indigenous Times article. To learn more about Pat’s work, please check out her biography on our Board...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. ‘A life changing experience’: how adult literacy programs can keep First Nations people out of the criminal justice system Photo credit: Adam Sharman, Author provided Jack Beetson, University of New England; Melanie Schwartz, UNSW Sydney, and Pat Anderson, Batchelor...

Jack Beetson spoke to ABC Life Matters about Aboriginal literacy and the work that needs to be done. You can listen to Jack’s powerful interview on the ABC Life Matters website....

ABC Radio recently interviewed Jack Beetson and the conversation covered a lot of ground. Jack spoke to Speaking Out host Larissa Behrendt about how tackling low literacy is helping Aboriginal communities keep safe from COVID-19 and playing a part in boosting recovery efforts. The interview also covered highlights of Jack’s career and people who...

SBS have recently featured the work of Literacy for Life Foundation, outlining excellent results achieved in regional NSW. The below extract is taken from the article How Literacy Classes Have Transformed a Town, by Gemma Wilson. Today in Collarenebri, it’s not unusual to walk past the red shed in town and see Indigenous elders...

Yesterday classes kicked off in our first ever Aboriginal Adult Literacy Campaign being run in an Australian city. The Sydney Morning Herald visited and spoke to staff and students and have written it up in today’s paper. You can read the story, Adult Literacy Lessons Transforming Aboriginal Communities online and via the link below....

Katy and Lia from our Collarenebri campaign recently had a chat with 2WEB Outback Radio. It was a great opportunity to let people in the local area know about the adult literacy campaign and how they can get involved. Radio is a really important way of sharing news about the campaign because you don’t...