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#LiteracyMatters - use your vote on May 24

Now is the perfect time to ask your local candidate to support adult literacy, education and lifelong learning, if they want your vote on the 24 May.

In Ireland, 550,000 adults have very low levels of literacy and even more have low levels of numeracy. However, there are only 60,000 or 11% of people attending literacy and numeracy classes in Education and Training Boards. That's why we need locally elected councillors to commit to finding new ways, including increased investment, to support adult literacy development in their local community.

Get involved

Ask your local candidate to support these three actions if they want your vote.
1. Each local authority should identify adult literacy skills as an issue and prioritise and develop local responses to supporting this.
2. Local authorities should develop an adult literacy plan as part of their next Local Economic and Community Plan (LECPs).
3. Local authorities should adopt plain English for all written, verbal and online communication.

Read more on www.nala.ie