Partners

Sunderland Literacy Aid
United Kingdom

Sunderland Literacy Aid is a community organisation based in Sunderland that supports people who have faced barriers around literacy, confidence, employment and creative opportunity. We provide practical support with reading, writing and employability, while also creating welcoming spaces where people can reconnect with others and take part in positive community activity.

National Literacy Trust
Great Britain

Main goals: We are an independent charity dedicated to giving children, young people, and adults with the literacy skills they need to succeed.
Actions or activities: We support schools and teachers with training, resources and programmes, we work collaboratively with whole communities with our National Literacy Trust Hub model, we campaign to make literacy a national priority, as well as conduct research that underpins all our work.

Malta Dyslexia Association
Malta

The Malta Dyslexia Association (MDA) is an independent, non-governmental, non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing education, research, and awareness of Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD), including dyslexia and dyscalculia. It empowers individuals and parents, promotes inclusion and equality, and is governed by an Executive Council responsible for strategic decisions and oversight.

Berufsverband Akademischer Legasthenie-Dyskalkulie- TherapeutInnen (BALDT) – (Professional Association of Academic Dyslexia and Dyscalculia Therapists)
Austria

Main goals:
Ensuring and continuously improving quality standards in evidence-based support and therapy for children with specific reading, writing and mathematical (dyscalculia) difficulties; supporting practitioners; and providing scientifically grounded information and guidance for parents, teachers, and the wider public.

Activities:
Development of quality guidelines and evidence-based materials; organisation of symposia, seminars, and webinars; expert talks on current topics; collaboration with educational authorities, ministries, and school psychology services; and public outreach (e.g. media contributions) to raise awareness and promote effective support for children with learning difficulties (including dyslexia and dyscalculia).

Association Bravo
Ljubljana

Main Goals: Bravo Association is a non-governmental organisation operating in the public interest, aiming to improve support for children and adolescents with specific learning difficulties and their parents by developing and connecting professional knowledge, best practices, and experiences.

Activities include training, publishing, public awareness, policy engagement, and strengthening competencies for inclusive education.

Cyprus Psychologists’ Association (CyPsA)
Cyprus

Main Goals:
Our vision is to promote, safeguard, and advance the science of psychology in Cyprus. Our mission is to develop and disseminate knowledge in psychological science across academic, professional, and public domains; to raise public awareness of psychological issues; and to support and protect the profession of psychology.

Actions / Activities:
As an Association, engagement with literacy-related issues is a relatively new area of focus, although several of our members have longstanding experience in this field. To date, our primary activities have included providing specialized training and seminars for psychologists on literacy-related topics. In addition, we actively collaborate on a range of projects and grant submissions in these areas. Moving forward, we aim to expand our initiatives across a broader range of fields, benefiting both professionals and the wider public.

ADEIMA (Associação para o Desenvolvimento Integrado de Matosinhos)
Portugal

Main Goals: Integrated in the Social Network of Matosinhos, namely in its Executive Center, ADEIMA shares its efforts, resources and actions to execute solidarity intervention policies in face of different social problems and to stimulate local social development. The Association seeks to respond to the main problems identified in the Social Diagnosis and, in accordance with the priorities defined in the Social Development Plan of the municipality.

Actions or activities: :+Litercia Project Literacy in social neighborhoods

National Handwriting Association
United Kingdom

Sunderland Literacy Aid
United Kingdom

Main Goals: Increase literacy rate within the North East of England, UK.

Actions or activities: Provide under-resourced schools, libraries, community groups, hospitals, orphanages, prisons, charities working with individuals at high risk, with free proper educational resources. We collect them from where they’re not needed anymore, and redistribute in the community where and as needed.

Red Cross
Switzerland

Cyprus Psychologists Association
Cyprus

Main Goals: Our vision is the development, safeguard, and dissemination of the science of psychology in Cyprus. Our mission includes the development and dissemination of knowledge around psychological science in academic, professional, and the general public; raising public awareness about psychological issues; and, promoting and safeguarding the psychologist profession.

Actions or activities: As an Association, this is a rather new area for us, despite the fact that we have members who have been delving into literacy issues for some time. We primarily have focused on trainings for psychologists in areas pertaining to literacy, but looking to expand in all possible action areas for psychologists and the public.

APPDAE
Portugal