Read aloud programs for cancer patients research

by | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

Thank you to Elizabeth Wells, a PhD Candidate at UniSA, who has provided us with this preview of her work that considers the therapeutic benefits of reading for cancer patients. Receiving a cancer diagnosis is at best shocking, and at worst totally overwhelming....

An innovative approach to complex forms

by | May 21, 2021 | Uncategorized

Hastings Neighbourhood Service coordinator Julie Trowbridge recognised that many people in her local communities needed assistance filling in everyday forms which are unfortunately complex. In response, she worked with her team and volunteers to set up the LEAF...

An App for low literacy users

by | Jan 20, 2021 | News, Uncategorized

Last year I attended a webinar about this exciting new innovation from Citizen Literacy in Scotland and we decided it would be a good idea to share with ACAL members. What is Citizen Literacy? Citizen Literacy is an adult literacy education programme being developed...