Literacy for Life Foundation is proud to have played a role in a great new Australian film – our Yes, I Can! literacy campaign staff and students from the community of Brewarrina are some of the stars of Emu Runner. University of New England researcher, Ruth Ratcliffe, attended the Australian premiere and passed on...
Continue readingAustralian Reading Hour
Australian Reading Hour is held on September 20 and is a great chance to help promote reading and literacy. Literacy for Life Foundation supports the message of Australian Reading Hour, an initiative that encourages Australians across the country to pick up a book and read for one hour, on your own, or to children....
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Literacy for Life Foundation is seeking a highly motivated Admin Assistant to support our national staff and remote Campaign teams from our offices in Sydney. Duties include: ● Administrative support to the Executive Director, Operations Manager and Partnerships Manager and remote Campaign teams ● Organise team travel and accommodation ● Support HR functions ●...
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Join thousands around the country and show your support for people learning to read and write this Indigenous Literacy Day, 5th September 2018. Did you know 63% of Aboriginal adults we have surveyed indicate they have only very basic levels of literacy, and would struggle to write or read a sentence? Literacy for Life...
Continue readingBeetson tells ABC: More must be done
Executive Director of Literacy for Life Foundation, Jack Beetson, has called for more to be done to lift Indigenous literacy, in an interview with the ABC. “Everyday people with low literacy become further marginalised by everyday tasks,” he said. “They go into any government department and the first thing they get is, ‘Go online...
Continue readingCongrats Pat Anderson – 2018 NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award
Pat Anderson, Literacy for Life Foundation board member, has been named the recipient of the NAIDOC Lifetime Achievement Award 2018. “I am so proud, and so humbled, and so pleased that my own mob have acknowledged a lifetime of commitment and service and respect, to who it is to be an Aboriginal person in...
Continue readingNew data shows Aboriginal adults require urgent literacy support
Research undertaken by The Literacy for Life Foundation in partnership with University of New England, University of New South Wales and the Lowitja Institute has found more than half of surveyed Aboriginal adults needed help with basic English literacy. 880 participants took part in the survey, which was carried out in eight NSW communities...
Continue readingSBS Foundation Partnership To Help More Read and Write
Literacy for Life Foundation has been selected as one of the partners for SBS Foundation and will receive a share of $2 million free airtime on SBS. Throughout 2018, a community service announcement that aims to help more Aboriginal adults learn basic reading and writing skills will receive air-time on SBS TV. Literacy for...
Continue readingRemote NSW can lead the way on Indigenous literacy and Closing the Gap
Executive Director of Literacy for Life Foundation, Professor Jack Beetson, welcomed findings from the Grattan Institute that identify very remote NSW as one of the few locations making significant progress improving Indigenous literacy. Literacy for Life Foundation has run adult literacy programs for Aboriginal students in remote NSW since 2012 and Beetson said lifting...
Continue readingInnovative approach delivers record-breaking literacy result
A record-breaking 59 students completed Literacy for Life Foundation’s Aboriginal adult literacy campaign in 2017. The total is almost double the previous best, reflecting the terrific achievement of students, staff and community supporters across NSW over the past 12 months. Literacy for Life Foundation Chair, Donna Ah Chee, offered her congratulations to graduates attending...
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