Dyslexia Victoria Support volunteers win Premier’s award
0 RepliesA big HUZZAH for the volunteer administrators of Dyslexia Victoria Support, who have won a Victorian Premier’s Volunteer Champions Award for their advocacy on behalf of people dealing with dyslexia.
Heidi Gregory, Carolyn Merrett and Sarah Asome each discovered a lack of high-quality information, and an abundance of snake oil vendors, when searching for help for their own children who struggled to learn to read and spell.
Determined to help others in the same situation, they’ve:
- Set up a Facebook page that now has over 3500 members,
- Mentored the launch of 16 local and regional Victorian dyslexia support groups,
- Developed a website,
- Collated over 100 dyslexia-related factsheets,
- Coordinated an annual state-wide family day for dyslexia awareness
(Light it Red for Dyslexia), and - Supported the launch of a national dyslexia network (Code REaD Network)