Indigenous Literacy Day

The Foundation’s major fundraising campaign in 2011 is Indigenous Literacy Day on Wednesday 7 September 2011.

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) aims to raise literacy levels and improve the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Australians living in remote and isolated regions.

This is done by providing books and literacy resources to Indigenous communities and raising broad community awareness of Indigenous literacy issues.

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is an initiative and charity of The Australian Book Industry drawing on its diverse range of expertise, skills and resources. It works with the support of the Australian Publishers Association, the Australian Booksellers Association and the Australian Society of Authors.

The Foundation employs an Indigenous Literacy Program Manager who is based in Darwin and who works closely with communities around Australia. Funds raised by the Foundation help purchase and supply culturally appropriate books and literacy resources for over 200 remote communities around Australia. Communities select and order books from a range of book lists selected by our Program Manager in consultation with a team of literacy experts. Books are then ordered and sent to schools, libraries, early learning centres including crèches, women’s and youth drop-in centres in remote communities, with the assistance of the Australian Booksellers Association and from publishers and distributors.