The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) invites everyone to help raise awareness
of the literacy crisis affecting many remote Indigenous Australians, and to raise
much needed funds to support the literacy work of our Foundation.
Attend an event on Indigenous Literacy Day
The fifth annual Indigenous Literacy Day is Wednesday 5 September
2012 with events held across Australia. Keep an eye on the events
page for details.
Buy a book at a participating bookshop on Indigenous Literacy Day
Participating bookshops around Australia donate a percentage of their takings on
Indigenous Literacy Day to ILF. Click here to
find the ILF bookshops near you.
Hold or attend a Great Book Swap Challenge
The Great Book Swap Challenge is a fundraising idea for schools,
businesses, groups, organisations and bookclubs.
The Great Book Swap Challenge is a simple and easy way to share our common love
of books while raising money to support Indigenous literacy. On ILD hold a swap
and donate one of your favourite books and pay a small fee to swap it for someone
else's book. All money raised is donated to ILF.
You can register online if you'd like to host a swap
at your school, business or club.
Donate a book pack
You can donate a set of 12 early childhood books, selected by our Indigenous Literacy
Program Manager in consultation with a team of experts, that provides babies, toddlers
and preschool children in remote Indigenous communities access to a valuable reading
resource. You can read more about the books and how to donate them
here.
Make a direct donation
Donations are very much appreciated from individuals, businesses, organisations
and schools. The Donations page has full details.
Are you a teacher, teacher-librarian or school principal?
Over 250 schools supported ILF in 2011. Many held their own Great Book
Swap Challenge, hosted author visits on Indigenous Literacy Day
, during Children’s Book Week or during National Literacy & Numeracy Week. Indigenous
Literacy Day is an excellent event to discuss Indigenous literacy with your students
and to help fundraise. Click here for further information
and register for your teacher’s pack today.
Are you a bookseller, publisher or book distributor?
Click here for further information.
Become a community fundraiser
Do you have a fundraising idea? ILF welcomes your contributions to help reach
our target goals. If you have a fundraising idea please download and complete our
Community Fundraising Form
.