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Tri-Cities Adult Literacy & ESL Working Group

 The Adult Literacy & ESL Working Group is open to

those who have an interest in Adult Literacy.

 We are quite unique in the province as many of the

• rganizations involved compete for the same federal

funding but collaborate for joint projects that benefit the community.

 Members include:

❖ Douglas College ❖ SHARE Family and Community Services ❖ Members of each of the Libraries in the Tri-Cities ❖ School District 43 Continuing Education ❖ S.U.C.C.E.S.S. ❖ ISS of BC ❖ Tri-Cities Literacy Outreach Coordinator

Our working group has run a variety

• f programs in the past, including a

seniors writing, health literacy and essential skills workshops and a writer’s talk.

However, funding has decreased so

we only have 2 large focuses each year.

We do an annual Canada Day LINC

picnic and the Learn About series.

 We started running workshops for newcomers

to Canada on Canadian culture in 2016.

 Our group brainstormed ideas  4 topics, 12 sessions in the evening at each

• f the libraries in the Tri-Cities

 We aimed to collaborate with local partners

who could deliver the workshops as part of their role.

 It also saved us lots of money to not have to

pay speakers

 Libraries provided free space  Working group members shared sessions with

their students as well as sharing sessions on social media

 Open to public, registration required through

Literacy Coordinator

 We provided tea and cookies

 While well advertised, there are less classes

in the evenings so we had lower turnout

 Some events had only a handful of attendees  Registration vs actual attendance was about

50% sometimes

 Covered the same topic too many times  Evenings were hard on LOC  We tried a survey hoping to get ideas for

additional sessions. Very little response

 Ran sessions during the day – attendance

went up astronomically!

 No real duplication of sessions at various

• libraries. We ran each session once during a

period of time.

 Added additional types of workshops  Dropped tea and cookies saving us money

 Great collaboration between partners to

ensure participation

 Libraries provide free space  We’ve run it at a theatre attached to the

Port Moody City Hall which gives us space for 200

 City staff gave us free space at city council

chambers

 Most speakers are free and this type of talk is

part of their mandate

 For the rare speaker that we do have to

request, we’ve given $25 gift cards to Tim Hortons

 Generally speakers adapt their presentation

to work with our participants

 FVRL designs all the posters for free  Sessions are interactive and we always leave

time for questions

Civic

responsibility

Social events Food Biking Home safety Fire safety Winter safety Aboriginal Scams Hiking &

camping

Hiking Elections Family Literacy

Winter planning and safety Small business and

entrepreneurship

How to give back by

volunteering

Community gardens and plant

safety