Hello from the Easy Read Online team. We hope you’re having a great summer so far!
Here are some of the things we’ve been up to this month.
Spotlight Projects
The recent General Election has affected some of our regular UK work over the past months. However, we have been busy supporting some of our international clients with their Easy Read projects.
United Nations
This month we’ve worked on an Easy Read version of a report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
We also produced an Easy Read booklet about Beijing +30 - an international meeting reflecting on what has been done to improve life for women around the world since UN Women’s plans were outlined 30 years ago.
We’re currently working on another United Nations document about the involvement of disabled people in the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
AI
We have started to take a closer look into the world of generative AI tools to explore how they might assist us in our work. You can read our recent blog post to find out more: www.easy-read-online.co.uk/post/exploring-the-future-easy-read-online-and-ai
I Need Easy Read Pledge
The I Need Easy Read campaign is a collaborative venture with Mencap Liverpool and Sefton that aims to raise awareness amongst people with learning disabilities about their legal right to accessible information.
In the build-up to the recent General Election we contacted all of the electoral candidates and asked them to sign our pledge to support the campaign.
Over 350 candidates pledged their support and a number of those were elected as MPs, so we will be asking them to continue their support in parliament.
You can find out more on the campaign website: www.ineedeasyread.org/pledge
Consultation Engagement
It’s important that everyone can have a say on issues that affect them. We work on lots of public consultations and produce Easy Read versions of consultation surveys that enable more people to take part. Generally, we’ve found that Easy Read surveys capture around 10% of the total engagement in consultations. This demonstrates the number of people who are excluded when services fail to provide accessible consultation materials.
We were delighted to learn that a recent Easy Read survey we produced for Cheshire West & Chester Council captured around 65% of the total engagement! Another recent Easy Read consultation survey we produced for Essex County Council received over 1600 responses!
If your organisation needs support with Easy Read consultation materials, or you use a service that is running a consultation that is not accessible, we’d be happy to help. Please visit our website for more information.
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
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Best wishes,
The Easy Read Online team.
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