Hello and welcome to our new website!

Hi, I’m Laura, Accessible Communications Manager at Learning Disability Wales.

I’m thrilled to write our first blog post and introduce you to our new Easy Read Wales website!

I’m new to this blog writing thing, but I guess a good place to start would be explaining who we are, what this website is all about, and why having a dedicated space for Easy Read Wales is important.

Who are we?

We are Learning Disability Wales’s Easy Read and accessible information service. We work with people and organisations, big and small, to make information simpler, clearer and easier to understand.

We’re really proud of the work we do, and the best bit is: All the profit we make supports Learning Disability Wales.

Learning Disability Wales has been standing up for the rights of people with a learning disability since 1983.

When you work with us, you’re making your information more accessible and supporting the wider work we do at Learning Disability Wales.

Win-win 😊

Why we’re here

Our core value is simple: Everyone has the right to information that is clear and understandable.

We’ve created this website to promote our service and share what we do. Making Easy Read for clients is a big part of that, but we also do much more.

We support everyone to get better accessible information by:

• Working with others to develop standards for good quality Easy Read.
• Raising awareness about why accessible information matters.
• Sharing free resources to help you make your own Easy Read.
• Offering free and paid training (find out about our public courses and bespoke sessions here).
• Supporting people who want to get it right – but just need a little help.

We want this to be a helpful, practical place for anyone looking to improve their accessible information.

What you’ll find on this website

Our services

We offer professional, high-quality services to help you create accessible information, including:

• Easy Read documents
• Easy Read videos
• Plain English and Cymraeg Clir
• Large print
• Youth-Friendly
• Consultancy and support

Find out more here: Our services

Free resources and tools

We want everyone to have better access to accessible information. On our new website you’ll find:

• Practical guides for making Easy Read.
• Easy Read training videos.
• Our Easy Read definitions dictionary.
• Blog posts with practical tips and how-to guides.
• Free Easy Read information.
• Examples of our recent work – often the best place to start is checking what’s already available!

Find out more here: Resources

What’s this blog all about?

This blog is our new space to share our knowledge, top tips, and the things we learn along the way about all things accessibility.

We’ll be talking about things like:

• Understanding what Easy Read really is.

• What makes great Easy Read.
• How to make your digital content more accessible.
• Writing good Easy Read in Welsh.
• Explaining different types of accessible information.
• Exploring new and changing ideas and issues around inclusion and accessibility.

Whether you’re new to accessible information or you have tons of experience, we hope you’ll find our new website useful.

Let’s make better accessible information

Thanks for being here at the very beginning. We can’t wait to grow this space, share what we know, and help more people get good, accessible information.

Want to stay connected with all things Easy Read Wales?

• Sign up to our newsletter
• Bookmark this blog
• Follow us on social media
• Become a supporter of Learning Disability Wales
• Or just pop by now and then to see what’s new

We’d love you to explore the website, make use of our resources, and get in touch if you want to work with us or learn more.

Thanks for being here!

Thank you!

I’d like to say a big thank you on behalf of our team to our brilliant website developers, Savage and Gray who have helped us make this website as useful and as accessible as possible – thank you!