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Adult Literacy for Life in Laois and Offaly
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Meet your Laois and Offaly Literacy Coalition
In Laois and Offaly, we set up a Regional Adult Literacy Coalition to implement the Adult Literacy for Life strategy. The coalition began in November 2023. We have representation of both Laois and Offaly County librarians, Offaly Local Development Company, Ballycommon Training Centre, Department of Social Protection, Laois Partnership, Family Resource Centre’s, Home School Community Liaison, Laois Traveller Action Group, Offaly Traveller Movement, HSE Primary Care County Manager, Turas Nua, Offaly Public Participation Network (PPN), Money Advice and Budgeting Service (Mabs), Citizens Information, Healthy Ireland Laois and Children and Young Peoples Services Committees (CYPSY). Together we developed the Laois and Offaly regional action plan for 2024 to support the needs of our local communities, drive awareness and create pathways for adults with unmet literacy needs.
| Laois County Library | Offaly County Library |
| Laois Traveller Action Group | Turas Nua |
| Portlaoise Family Resource Centre | Employability Midlands |
| Offaly Local Development Company | Ballycommon Training Centre |
| Citizens Information | Department of Social Protection |
| Children and Young People's Services Committees (CYPSY) | Home School Community Liaison (HSCL) |
| Health Service Executive (HSE) | Laois County Council |
| Offaly Public Participation Network (PPN) | Laois Partnership |
| Money Advice and Budgeting Service (MABS) Offaly |
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Free courses in Laois and Offaly
Are you ready to improve your confidence? We provide lots of courses that will help you improve your reading, writing, maths, and digital skills. Tutors are friendly and helpful. Classes are small and there are no exams.
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Get involved
If you are interested in getting involved, we would love to hear from you.
Contact me at tlatham@loetb.ie or call me on 085 856 0160.
We want to ensure that everyone has the literacy to meet their needs, and that literacy is valued and supported at every level of our society.
Together, we can make this happen. Literacy is a human right.
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