Write About...
Write About... is a voluntary initiative established to promote writing, by ordinary people, about social issues which have impacted on their lives, and to publish collections of the most inspiring writing as Easy-Readers, which aim to help adults in basic skills education to come to terms with their own experiences and to overcome their personal barriers to education. Write About… aims to focus on individual social issues on a project-by-project basis, to encourage ordinary people to write about experiences which have impacted on their lives.
Our first project, Write About…Bullying, focused on the issue of bullying from the perspective of the victim. We encouraged people to write about their experiences as victims of bullying in all contexts e.g. at school, at home, in the workplace, cyber-bullying etc. The project provided an opportunity for participants to express themselves and to help others who are currently experiencing bullying, and linked to established support organisations operating in the field. The Write About...Bullying collection is now available.
Our new project, is called Write About...Inspiring People
Do you know somone truly inspiring?
Has someone wonderful touched your life, community, family or friends? Is so, you can help Write About... to celebrate these inspirational people and, at the smae time, contribute to a book that will support adult beginner readers. This person may have demonstrated stong personal courage; a dedication to help others; or strong leadership. He/she may be someone you adnire as a great role model or someone who has in some way changed your life. Your writing, about how this person has inspired you, could inspire others.
How you can participate
Skills for Life practitioners and tutors can participate in this project by visiting the Write About… group page on MySpace and by encouraging students to write about their own experiences. We are providing a writing frame to guide new writers and, in time, we intend to offer a range of tutor resource materials and lesson plans. We are inviting contributions to our MySpace online forum and/or you can email a story for consideration for publication to writeabout@gatehousebooks.com
How to find us on MySpace
You can log onto MySpace to locate the Write About… group page (http://groups.myspace.com/writeaboutgroup) or just click on the link to take you straight there.
Who are we?
We are a group of tutors and mentors with experience of working with young people and adults who find themselves on the fringes of society. We work in a variety of adult education and community situations, including outreach work with the homeless. We are working with publisher Gatehouse Media, which specialises in publishing books written by and for adults who are developing their literacy skills.
For more details about the Write About… project, contact Bernie, project coordinator, on 0795 104 3868.
