My name is Ash Davis and I am the founder and General Manager of ‘Read & Write’ LTD., a Not-for-Profit organisation committed to alleviating the stigma that illiteracy places on individuals.

I am currently completing my Masters of Education specialising in Reading and Literacy and have been working in the training/teaching realm for over 14 years. During this time I have seen many literacy programs come and go, most of these making little impact on Australia’s literacy statistics.

This is what I and my organisation want to change.

Working alongside schools, Job Actives, Disability support Providers and Councils and Government, I want to close the cracks that our children, teenagers and eventually adults, fall through on a daily basis, through early identification of learning difficulties and early intervention. And where this is not possible, provide a means by which Australians of any age can regain their self-esteem and live a confident life with endless possibilities.

I am not attempting to reinvent the wheel, or to use unfounded means with which to achieve my organisations aim. Using structured, evidence-based teaching, by realising that people are different, learn differently and at different rates, I will provide effective remedial reading and writing instruction.

The program I am envisaging will have a proper monitoring system in place to ensure that results are being measured and recorded thus ultimately making my training providers responsible for the quality of training that is provided.