News from Dyslexia Pathways

Well hello there readers......hope you are all well and going to have a great week end. It's been an eventful couple of weeks here. We moved into a new home in Glenrothes on Friday 6th September. Have to say its a fantastic house much better than our old flat in Raeburn Heights. Still some work to do and things to buy like a new bed and three piece suite but we will get there.

Have to give a big thanks to Flemmings of Fife for making the move go really well. The team of removal guys worked really hard and were worth every penny. Its kinda got in the way of my work though so I will have to work doubly hard over the next couple of weeks to catch up.

I got the documents through from the Big Lottery Fund on Saturday....I thought it was all a done deal but they are requesting a few documents from us before we can proceed. Its just normal procedure though and we will get there in the end. Just not as soon as I had thought lol. I am not good at waiting around for things to happen ahh well we will get there eventually lol.

I think I have found the right designer to help me realise my design for t shirts for the Unique Dyslexic Project. I will get two designs don't for £100..........I would recommend any small organisation where cash is tight to look at what is on offer and People Per Hour. Lots of talented people there who can help you with anything from website design to promotional material design. Hmmm I wonder how many creative people on that site are dyslexic?

I contacted Digital Fife a few days ago. They offer training and support for all things web site related to charities and social enterprises in Fife. I am hoping to get some training in Word Press there and push on with the Unique and Pathways web sites. If I can find the right volunteer to work as a webmaster on the websites I will see if I can get them some training there as well.

I got a phone call from the people at Texthelp.........they have offered me free access to their latest version of Texthelp Gold for three months as well as a little training. I got a lot of training in assistive software on my Masters unit in Multi sensory e learning and Dyslexia way back in 2006. I have used Texthelp in the past myself and I do get some positive feedback from the students I work with. The problem with a lot of this assistive technology is the price. My old version of Texthelp is over 5 years old as is all my other software. For a small organisation like mine the costs are just to prohibitive. I need training as well to update my skills in this area but here again costs of the courses I need to go on are just to prohibitive.  Anyway thanks to the people at Texthelp for their offer.

My wife, Anne, is a committee member of the Fife Hospitals Kidney Support Group. She has organised a visit to Oban for the members of the group this week end. I am tagging along to support her with this trip. They are staying overnight Saturday and the going to Lake Katrin for a little cruise. Then its off for a Hi Tea before heading off home.