At The Information Foyer we convert documents so that people with limited skills in reading English can easily understand them.

The documents we create contains simple words and images.

Research has shown that this combination is a very effective way for people with limited reading skills to understand what they read.

What is Accessible Information?

We call our Accessible Information Easy English.

Here is an example of a document of just words and the same one converted into Easy English

. "Everything is deliberate in a painting. You just make it to look like it was easy and effortless. It's like watching ice skaters. They make it look effortless, but behind that are years of training and a lot of deliberate effort....."

Watercolor Portrait Artist Mary Whyte in the article "Capturing the Unseen", International Artist magazine, Oct/Nov 2008 issue, p41--7.

We have the years of training and expertise in making your documents into Easy English. We have worked with partnership boards, charities and individuals. click here to see some of our work.

The Information Foyer has a growing library of images. We have over 100 000 images and can make the images you need for your Easy English document

The UK government made a law called the Disability Discrimination Act, (DDA).

The law says that people with learning disabilities have the right to access information they want or need.
Disability Discrimination Act, (DDA) 

The Disability Discrimination Act is an excellent example of good practice for many other organisations.

Your documentwhen transformed into Easy English will:

Have more people read your document

More people will understand what you want to say

More people will act on what is in the documents.

It is an excellent way to gather the most important information and present it in an accessible way to your audience.

Contact us at The Information Foyer today about transforming your documents.

We have been doing making Easy English since 2006

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