Easy Read Staff Training
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Comprehensive staff training.
Engaging learning materials.
Full / Half day sessions.
Covers current law.
Learn best practice.
We'll come to you.
Full Staff Training
We will train your staff to:
- Plan and create Easy Read documents and resources.
- Professionally apply plain language techniques.
- Be compliant, inclusive and person-centred in their approach.
Develop your talent and keep their skills current.
What you’ll get:
- A 3 or 5 day programme of intensive training.
- Tailored to your organisations needs.
- Engaging learning materials, practical activities and resources.
- Information, advice and guidance on applicable laws & regulations.
- Learn about current regional and international best practice.
- Understand and apply important Easy Read design principles.
- Apply learning to a ‘real’ project you can use.
- A bespoke toolkit for your organisation to use going forward.
- High quality hardcopy and digital training materials for learners.
- An annual refresher session at a competitive and fair rate.
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Why train your staff?
7 million or 16.4% of people in England have "very poor" literacy levels. (National Literacy Trust: 2019)
16%
28% of British adults have a literacy level of 1 or below. (Joseph Rowntree Foundation: 2015)
28%
1.4 million people in the UK have a learning disability. (Mencap: 2019)
2%
Plain English: UK Govt rewrote 21,000 forms, reducing errors from over 60% to less than 3%
3%
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Benefits To Business
1
Research shows that customers are more likely to read information that is written and displayed in plain English. (Plain English Ireland: 2019)
2
Customers are more likely to trust an organisation that communicates clearly and simply. (Plain English Ireland: 2019)
3
Many studies have shown that plain language affects your bottom line. You can save time, personnel resources, and money. And you will give better service to your readers. (PlainLanguage.gov: 2019)
4
Comply with the law – many pieces of legislation (like the Consumer Protection Act) requires legal documents to be in plain language. (michalsons.com 2019)