Are you keen to be part of lifting literacy? The Literacy for Life Foundation is an Aboriginal organisation focused on raising adult literacy levels. We are currently on the look out for a new team member, to oversee an innovative pilot project with NSW Corrective Services. In the role you will lead the project...
Continue readingNaidoc Week 2023
For our Elders is the official theme of NAIDOC Week 2023, which runs from July 2 till July 9. The official NAIDOC Week website is a great resource for finding out how you can help mark this important celebration. One way to show your support and to celebrate NAIDOC is to make a one-off...
Continue readingReconciliation Week 2023
27 May to 3 June is Reconciliation Week. The theme for Reconciliation Week 2023 is “Be a Voice for Generations.” Literacy for Life Foundation encourages all Australians to take a stand and be part of changing things for the better. The Reconciliation Australia website has lots of information on how people can get involved...
Continue readingAdult low literacy in the news
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...
Continue readingJack Beetson on the Voice
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...
Continue readingPat Anderson receives Excellence in Women’s Leadership Award
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...
Continue readingBoard member Pat Anderson AO featured in Good Weekend Magazine
Have you seen our Board member Pat Anderson in Good Weekend magazine’s Two Of Us today? Pat has been on our Board since we were first set up as Literacy for Life Foundation, an Aboriginal charity, in 2013. We actually started our first Aboriginal Adult Literacy Campaign before that, in 2012, and Pat has...
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Contract Coordinator
We are seeking a Contract Coordinator to join our dedicated team. We are an Aboriginal-run charity that trains local people to deliver literacy classes in their communities. We use an innovative campaign approach that has been adopted in locations around the world with great success – since 2012, we’ve been proving it works in...
Continue readingThe Conversation features Literacy for Life Foundation’s impact on the justice system
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...
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