BDA e-petition:
Dyslexia
training to be mandatory in Initial Teacher Training
Please sign and spread the above e-petition submitted by the BDA (eg.
forward the link by e-mail) to encourage 100,000 people to sign the
government e-petition campaigning for a decent level of dyslexia awareness
training in all initial teacher training.
Please do put this link http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/20674
up on your website if you have one and spread the news through social
media and word of mouth.
If you are able to support the campaign in this way, please let us know
as we would like to celebrate this by showing the logos of supporting
organisations in a ‘supported by’ section on the petition
page of the BDA website. Together we can make a positive difference
for generations to come.'
Awards for ADC!
Debbie Farnfield, centre Manager, has been given an award for Lifelong
Outstanding Achievement for Services to dyslexic individuals - voluntary
sector by the British Dyslexia Association.
Adult Dyslexia Centre has been successful in bidding for £2700
from the Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC) fund.
This will allow us to continue to provide our FREE dyslexia screening
and information and advice service for unemployed adults.
In 2011 we were given funding by RBWM (£200) and the Louis Baylis
Trust (£500). Many thanks to them for their continued support.
We have also teamed up with RBWM who are helping to fund our course
for Parents of Dyslexic Children
and a basic IT class for unemployed adults.
Waitrose
During October 2011 the Maidenhead branch of Waitrose is supporting
us as one of their Community Matters charities.
PLEASE put your green tokens in our box at the store.
Dyslexia Assessments
Due to increase in demand we have increased our team of qualified assessors to 5 and can now provide assessments for CHILDREN as well as adults.
Maidenhead Boundary Walk Fundraiser
The Maidenhead Boundary Walk is organised annually by the Rotary Club of Maidenhead and enables individuals to raise money for their own charity. This year's walk is to be held on Sunday 2nd October. It is a 13 mile walk around the boundary of the town. Members of the Adult Dyslexia Centre have completed the walk for the past 2 years and this year are entering a larger team with a target of raising over £2000. This type of fundraising has become more important to the Centre because there is less money available from government funds and charitable trusts. To support our walkers or join in the fundraising you can find our charity page at Virgin Money Giving:
Autumn 2011 Courses
Our regular Tuesday evening courses for dyslexic adults start on September 13th click here to see all the sessions.
Another 11 week course for parents of dyslexic children will run on Wednesday evenings beginning September 21st click here for more details.
Moving on with Learning
This class runs every Wednesday in term time, 10am - 12 noon
Autumn Term starts September 7th 2011 A new IT course for beginners
has been added. For more details click on the Courses
page.
Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
Debbie and two trustees of the Centre, Richard and Tracy, were privileged to go to a reception at Bearwood College on Friday 2nd March 2010 for the Berkshire charities nominated for the prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. At the reception each charity nominated for this year's award was given a gold framed certificate of achievement. The overall winners will be announced at the beginning of June and will be chosen from a large number of voluntary bodies nationwide. The award is the equivalent of an MBE for a voluntary group.
Of course, not everyone can be a winner, but at the reception, it was made clear how much the contribution of the voluntary services is valued.
Photo link: www.stphotos.co.uk (at the site click on 'enter online album' and then 'events')
AGM
The AGM for the centre was held on July 12th 2011, click on the link
below to download the related document:
Minutes of AGM
Matrix Standard, January 2009
The Adult Dyslexia centre was awarded the Matrix Standard again when the centre was reassessed. This is the national quality standard for the information, advice and guidance on learning and work that our centre offers.
Click here to see our details on the Matrix website.
Dyslexia (Untied) United
Our successful 30 minute film "Dyslexia (Untied) United' was produced by members using Arts Council money in summer 2007 and can be viewed below or downloaded as a podcast.
Click here to watch the film on www.Pod3.tv
Talklets from Textic installed on our website 
We are very pleased to be using the latest text-to-speech technology on our website.
Go to www.textit.com to find out more about this product.