Indigenous Literacy Day 2025

  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...

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Indigenous Literacy Day 2025

A message from Alera Foster for Indigenous Literacy Day 2025: 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...

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BBC features Professor Jack Beetson

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...

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NAIDOC Week 2026

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...

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National Reconciliation Week 2026

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. ...

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Donate to Support Lifting 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...

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Clarrie’s Letter

Watch the emotional moment Literacy for Life Foundation graduate, Clarrie, reads a letter he received in the mail. Clarrie took part in the community-led Aboriginal adult literacy Campaign in Brewarrina, which was the subject of the documentary In My Own Words, which can be viewed on our website. This clip is drawn from the...

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National NAIDOC Week 2025

National NAIDOC Week 2025 runs from 6-13 July and marks 50 years of honoring and elevating Indigenous voices, culture, and resilience.  The 2025 theme is The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy. It celebrates past achievements and the bright future ahead, empowered by our young leaders, the vision of our communities, and the legacy...

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