Indigenous Literacy Day

Indigenous Literacy Day

A national celebration! 6 September 2017

Indigenous Literacy Day is a national celebration of Indigenous culture, stories, language and literacy. Through activities on the day, we focus our attention on the disadvantages experienced in remote communities and encourage the rest of Australia to raise funds and advocate for more equal access to literacy resources for remote communities. Whether you are a school, bookseller, publisher, library, business, organisation or individual, here are some ways you can participate on this day:

  • Hold a Great Book Swap
  • Donate a percentage of your product sales on this day – very popular for bookshops!
  • Make a donation through our website 
  • Hold a literacy event such as a book launch or storytelling session
  • Take an ILF donation box to work or school 
  • Buy an ILF t-shirt for your staff or students to wear to work or school 
  • Hold your own fundraising event 
  • Advocate for us on social media and tag @IndigenousLiteracyFoundation on Facebook and @IndigneousLF on Twitter with #ILD2017

  • Posted 06 July, 2017

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“Alpurrurulam Community School is indebted to the kindness of the ILF Book Supply program. The program has given more books for our students to access, plus, has aided our teachers with more resources to teach literacy and content.”

– Catherine McCormack, Classroom Teacher

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