Hello from the Easy Read Online team and welcome to this month’s update!
Spotlight projects
Unlimited
We recently worked with Unlimited, an arts organisation that supports Disabled artists in producing work. They have recently announced their UK and International Partner Awards for Disabled Artists. We were pleased to support Unlimited with their Easy Read documents for each Partner Award. We hope this supports more Disabled people to understand each award and how they can apply.
If you know anyone who would like to apply for one of the awards, the application process is open until Monday 30 September.
Crown Prosecution Service
It was a pleasure to work with the Crown Prosecution Service to produce Easy Read versions of their Victims’ Guides which they launched this month. This important project should help to ensure that the criminal justice process is as accessible as possible and victims of crime get the support they need.
The CPS have run a social media campaign to promote the Easy Read guides. It’s great when organisations produce Easy Read versions of their information; and it’s even better when those organisations promote the Easy Read materials so that more people can access them!
You can find out more and see the Easy Read guides on the CPS website here:
Extra services we provide
Did you know about the extra services we can provide as part of our Easy Read service?
We can…
Apply web-accessible functions to your document so it is fully compliant with web accessibility standards.
Have your document checked by end users. This means we send your document to a focus group at Mencap Liverpool and Sefton who review it with experts with lived experience. This can provide invaluable feedback from end users about your document.
Apply print production - this means we provide a high-resolution quality document with print bleed marks for professional printing.
Provide interactive PDFs - we can apply interactivity to your document if you require the end user to fill in a form on a device, such as for surveys or questionnaires.
Create your document in different languages - we work with a translation company to create Easy Read in any language you require.
Easy Read training
Are you a small-scale producer of Easy Read or someone who makes ad hoc Easy Read documents? We would like to hear about any training needs you may have to improve the Easy Reads you create. What kinds of training would you benefit from? We would love to hear from you! Please email us your comments about training to projects@easy-read-online.co.uk
One Big Walk challenge
The One Big Walk challenge is an awareness-raising campaign set up by Mencap to let people know that there are 1.5 million people in the UK who have a learning disability.
The challenge is to walk every day of September, with different goals, like 1.5 miles a day up to 150 miles over the course of September!
Some of our team are participating in the challenge and they are raising money for Mencap Liverpool and Sefton.
If you are able, we would greatly appreciate any donations. You can donate through Just Giving here:
Thank you
That’s all from us for this month. Thank you to all of the clients we have worked with. It’s been a pleasure to support your work in creating accessible information.
As ever, if you need to request a quote for information in Easy Read, you can use our online form.
Best wishes,
The Easy Read Online team
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