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Last updated: August 11, 2010

Working with Words' contact details

The Clockhouse Centre
Defiance Walk
Woolwich Dockyard
London SE18 5QL

Phone: 020 8855 6644
Email: info@workingwithwords.org
Web: www.workingwithwords.org

Working with Words' Annual Report

Download a copy or our Annual Report. (pdf, 2.12mb)
To read the Acrobat (pdf) files on this web site, download the free Acrobat Reader from the Adobe web site
Contact us if you would like a paper copy of the annual report.

Working with Words and Photosymbols

We use the excellent Photosymbols package in a lot of our our accessibility work.

"Photosymbols are a collection of pictures for making easy read information. They are designed to be placed alongside words to make information easier to understand. (...) Photosymbols can be mixed and matched to explain hundreds of different ideas in a visual way." (From the Photosymbols web site)

Find out more about Photosymbols at www.photosymbols.co.uk

Greenwich Valuing People web site

Find out more about services for people with learning difficulties on the Greenwich Valuing People web site at www.greenwichvaluingpeople.org.uk
Working with Words designed this site with Greenwich Adult Services
Find out about local organisations that offer services and support on the Moving On area of the web site at: www.greenwichvaluingpeople.org.uk/movingon

Getting rid of the Jargon

There is a story on the Local Government Association site called LGA urges the public sector to ditch jargon to help people during the recession. There is a list of 200 banned words which public bodies should avoid when talking about their services
The report lists some unacceptable terms: capacity building, cohesiveness, evidence based, holistic governance, multi-agency and Predictors of Beaconicity!
As Valuing People Now says; "Organisations should make their information more accessible. They have to do this because of the Disability Discrimination Act"
Find out more on our jargon page

Training at Working with Words

Working with Words has places available for our training at the Clockhouse Centre.
Download a flier about our training (pdf, 1.37mb)
Email us at info@workingwithwords.org to find out about training at Working with Words.

Our recent contract work

We produced an accessible presentation for the Camden Society about their Lewisham Works Project
We are working with Shropshire County Council to support them with a web site to help people with learning disabilities set up co-ops and enterprises
We are working with the Valuing People Team on their Newsletters for 2010
We are working with IDeA on a new document on the process of Peer Reviews for Partnership Boards
We are working with Greenwich Adults Services on the minutes, agenda and other information for the September 2010 Greenwich Learning Disability Partnership Board
We designed an easy read guide to refuge collection and recycling for London Borough of Greenwich
We designed an easy read leaflet on waste and recycling for the London Borough of Greenwich
We designed an annual report for Wandsworth Care Alliance
We updated the London Borough of Greenwich Housing Options Pack
We are working with Greenwich Community Learning Disability Team on booklets about 'Depression', 'Hearing Voices' and 'Phobias'. This is part of the series of booklets we have already produced on on 'Self Harm'. 'Bereavement' and 'Anger'
We are completing an accessible web site for Bromley Council. We delivered training to Bromley on how to update the site and will be adding audio information to the web site in the near future..