The beginning of a Hokianga Literacy Hub – Phyllis and Richard Nahi and Jo Poland met in the torrential rain at Kawakawa last Friday, to talk about how RYALT might be able to support the literacy work the Nahis are doing and so Jo could deliver some donated laptops for the new group.

                On the 23rd and 24th June 2018, ten Kerikeri people and four Mangonui people gave up their weekend to train as volunteer coaches, or to help with logistics for the training. The trainer was Jo Poland. Wendy Wyatt travelled down from Mangonui to help in any way […]

In recognition of the Trust’s 2017 decision to work with teenagers, and its recognition that working with young people may prevent years of unhappiness for these teenagers, at its meeting today the board of the Adult Literacy Rural Trust has changed the trust’s name to the Rural Youth and Adult Literacy Trust. RYALT.

These interviews were done when our training was an online live training. Now trainee coaches are able to access a recorded version of the training at any time. This makes the training more easily accessed by coaches and saves the ALRT a lot of money which can be used for other parts of the service. […]