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Pavee Peck
A collection of recipes and stories by Traveller women
“‘I got great confidence just being with the lads every week. We never got to do that before. Everyone was just coming and going before that. We got to hear about each other more. I’d never have had the confidence to travel out of the country and do a corner before this. I can’t believe the change it made in a few short weeks.” Quote from participant
This project taught boxing coaches how to become literacy activists. Coaches developed skills to raise literacy awareness and improve their clients' reading, writing, and technology skills. Coaches encouraged others to read, write, and work with numbers more, and created literacy-friendly spaces in their clubs.
Workshops took place in Portlaoise Boxing club every Monday between September and December 2023. 15 learners attended 33 hours training in literacy advocacy. Learners and facilitators also made a website for the club, which will go online in 2024.
This is the first time that an arts organisation and a boxing club worked together to improve people's literacy skills. Coaches are now committed to spreading literacy awareness throughout their communities.
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Portlaoise Library
"This felt like group therapy at the start, I wasn’t too sure to be honest but I get it now. This kind of thing is important and I’d have no problem saying it to anyone to look after your learning.” Quote from participant
This project was the result of a collaboration between Power of Words Festival, Portlaoise Boxing Club, and Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB).
For more information, please contact Tamara Latham, Laois and Offaly Regional Literacy Coordinator at tlatham@loetb.ie
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The Collaboration and Innovation Fund supports projects for adults with unmet literacy, numeracy and digital literacy needs and projects that support organisations to be literacy friendly. The closing date for 2024 applications has now passed but keep an eye out for information on our 2025 fund which will be launched in December.
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