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  Your support can change lives. 40 – 70% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults have low literacy. In some communities this can be as high as 90%. As an Aboriginal-led charity we support local people to deliver literacy classes in their own communities. These community-led Campaigns give people that missed out on...

Thanks to your support, we are lifting adult literacy in Indigenous communities across the country. I started with Literacy for Life in my hometown, Tennant Creek in 2021. I saw firsthand the positive impacts a community-led approach can have on students and staff. While working on the Campaign, I was able to get support...

Jack Beetson recently shared his remarkable personal story with the BBC’s global audience of 318 million weekly listeners.  You can find his radio interview here. The BBC wrote on their website: Jack Beetson is a Ngemba Aboriginal man from western New South Wales in Australia. In the late 1960s when he was choosing subjects...

NAIDOC Week 2026 will run from 5-12 July. The official NAIDOC Week website is a great resource for finding out how you can help mark this important celebration. Check the official website for updates closer to the date, including next years’s theme. One way you can show your support and to celebrate NAIDOC is to make...

National Reconciliation Week takes place every year between May 27 and June 3. These dates commemorate two important events in the journey of reconciliation: the 1967 referendum and the High Court’s Mabo decision. It’s a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories and  the roles we can play to achieve reconciliation. ...

A Message from Jack Beetson: Urgent Donation Appeal It’s important to hold on to what’s real. And there’s nothing more real, or more positive, than the part our supporters have played in changing a little boy’s life. The young boy in the photo above is Zaiden, and that’s his mum and dad. The photo...

Literacy for Life Foundation has received four years of funding to continue with its successful community-led model in Far North Queensland under the Australian Government’s new Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) First Nations Program. The funding enables Literacy for Life to support four communities across Far North Queensland to run community-led Adult Literacy...

Between 40-70% of Aboriginal adults have low English language literacy. In some locations it can be as high as 90%. Your tax-deductible donation will change the lives of First Nations students like Clarrie. Low literacy affects every aspect of life, from reading a medication label to helping children with their homework. We urgently need...