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bulletStatutory Organisations
bulletLiteracy Organisations
bulletSoftware Suppliers
bulletAdult Literacy Books and other Materials
bulletOther Useful Links
bulletGeneral Interest Links

 

Statutory Organisations

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Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
www.dfes.gov.uk

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Basic Skills Agency
www.basic-skills.co.uk

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Lifelong Learning
www.lifelonglearning.co.uk

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The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
www.becta.org.uk

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The Charity Commission (London Office)
www.charity-commission.gov.uk

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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
www.hse.gov.uk

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Office of the Information Commissioner
www.dataprotection.gov.uk

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Literacy Organisations

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United Kingdom Literacy Association
www.ukla.org

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The National Literacy Trust
www.literacytrust.org.uk

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British Dyslexia Association
www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

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The National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN)
www.nasen.org.uk

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Adult Dyslexia Association
www.futurenet.co.uk/charity/ado/index.html

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The Dyslexia Institute
www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk

Software Suppliers

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The Advisory Unit: Computers in Education
www.advisory-unit.org.uk

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GAMZ

Attractive and compulsive literacy game.  Their simple but smoothly packaged Wordsearch programme is available as freeware.
www.gamzuk.com

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Cambridge Development and Training Ltd.

A variety of literacy and numeracy software.
www.ctad.co.uk

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Schoolsco UK Ltd
www.schools.co.uk

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Communications and Learning Skills Centre
www.calsc.co.uk

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The Skills Factory
www.skillsfactory.com

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iANSYST Ltd
www.iansyst.co.uk

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Microsoft Education

Sign up for their e-mail newsletters on Education topics.
www.microsoft.com/uk/education

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textHELP
First class predictive spelling software, and so much more.
www.texthelp.com

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Learning and Teaching Scotland
www.ltscotland.com

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White Space (Wordshark)

A whole bundle of literacy games in a single package.
www.wordshark.co.uk

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Davis Dyslexia Association International
www.dyslexia.com

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Kath Balcombe (Educational Resources)

See her  excellent Handwriting for Windows programme.
www.kber.co.uk

Adult Literacy Books and other Materials

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Learn How Publications
www.learnhowpublications.co.uk

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Don Johnston Special Needs
www.donjohnston.com

Other Useful Links

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The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
www.cafonline.org

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The Amity Institute
www.amity.org

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BETT: the annual educational technology show at Olympia, every January.
www.education-net.co.uk

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The Education Show: annual education resources show, normally in March.
www.education-net.co.uk

General Interest Links

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InKinddirect:

InKinddirect recycles donated equipment and materials to charities for nominal or modest fees.  They are supported by an increasingly  wide range of companies, and now offer a constantly changing and expanding range, which includes office equipment and refurbished computers complete with Microsoft office software.
www.inkinddirect.org
charities@inkinddirect.org

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The Swiftstone Trust:

A charitable trust maintaining, restoring and operating a former Thames Tug, the Swiftstone, which is moored in South East London.
www.thames.org.uk

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The Crossness Engines Trust:

A Charity which is restoring the Crossness Beam Engine House, and its four beam engines, the largest rotating beam engines in the world.   The Crossness Beam Engine House is located at the Crossness Treatment Works in South East London.
http://www.crossness.org.uk/

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The Federation of Enfield Community Associations (FECA):

FECA is an umbrella group providing the focus and support for tenant associations and leaseholder groups in the London Borough of Enfield.  Their web site is still under construction, but provides an interesting insight into the power, effectiveness and benefits of an active umbrella group.
www.feca.co.uk

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