● Be part of grassroots approach to combat Indigenous inequalities ● Hands-on position implementing an innovative, high impact, literacy campaign –full training in model provided ● 12 month assignment – once in a lifetime opportunity ● Attractive remuneration package for the right candidate with a base salary of $80,000 plus superannuation 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 readingABC PM Features Aboriginal Literacy Program
Jack Beetson joined Linda Mottram on ABC’s PM to discuss the Foundation’s Aboriginal literacy program and why low literacy is still an issue in 2018. The interview coincided with the launch of the Foundation’s new public awareness campaign, aiming to draw attention to the issue of low literacy in Aboriginal communities. The campaign was covered...
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 readingJack Beetson on ABC Speaking Out
Our Executive Director Jack Beetson recently sat down to have a chat with Larissa Behrendt on ABC radio’s Speaking out. The two discussed Literacy for Life’s work lifting rates of Aboriginal literacy and progress towards closing the gap, as well as Jack’s early life and professional career. You can listen to the interview and find out...
Continue readingClosing the Gap via Cuba: Jack Beetson at the State Library
Don’t miss Professor Jack Beetson’s upcoming talk hosted by the State Library of NSW. From Cuba to Closing the Gap is part of the Library’s Talking Deadly: Indigenous Voices at the Library series and will take place Wednesday March 28 from 6pm to 7pm. Jack will outline the path that has led to his...
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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