Thursday 22 December 2016

Dyslexia: dont dis my abilities


Christmas greetings from Dyslexia Pathways CIC

Hi Blog Readers hope you are all well.

I am not going to write a long blog today you will be glad to hear lol.

Funding bid news

Good news this week as I completed my application for business support from Just Enterprise. I received a positive response the day after I send it.

I am getting some support writing a new business plan and marketing strategy. Even a not for profit social enterprise like mine has to have these.

This will help with future funding bids as well as with our new services and tee shirts etc.

I also completed stage one of the Improving Lives lottery funding bit. Will take a few weeks to see how that's gone. Even if the Lottery does not accept it I now have a comprehensive proposal for the Dyslexia hub. This will make any future funding bid easier to put together.

Tee shirts

Did some more work on the #iamdyslexic tee shirts. I was reading a post couple days ago which gave me the ideas.


What do you think. Got a lot of likes and positive feedback so far about these ideas. I am researching possible places to get them printed up.
Other News

I was doing a little research of possible funders to contact and found the Bridges Ventures Social Enterprise Fund I am going to have a crack at doing something for this in the new year.

Also thinking about making and application to the Clore Fellowship. Both have rather long application forms to complete sigh.  
Our little crowd funding appeal is now named Donate Dyslexia by the way. Below is a link to our Unique Dyslexic Facebook. You can find the Donate Dyslexia button in the home menu. Any monies raised is to help us pay for our web sites etc
More from our dyslexia research. We are asking dyslexics to share their thoughts on being dyslexic.
How would you answer these questions?



Question 9:Do you think enough is being done to enable dyslexics to succeed in education, training for work or in employment?

93% said not enough is being done
7% said yes

Well looks like more work needs to be done by all dyslexia organisation, schools, colleges, governments and employers.

Question 10: What one thing would you like to say about being dyslexic?


Here are some of the responses form this question:


I think differently to most people and my cognitive performance is in the 99.8 percentile.

It may take me a while to get the information in but I can work magic once it is 


Its amazing just try it


Think creatively


Worse things can happen it shaped me


We need more help and acceptance


I am unique


I am just me, nothing is seriously wrong, I just see things differently, different does not have to be bad


I don't like others telling me what works and what doesn't, its different for each of us


I have the ability to see what others dream of and live my life in the moment


I am happy dyslexic I fit into a group better than being called slow or dumb


For every succeeder there are a thousand suffers


It has given me a creative twist on the way I see the world


I don't want to hide it I want to celebrate and share my gifts


I am not stupid and being diagnosed confirmed it 

Any way that's enough from me. Merry Christmas to you all. While it may be a merry Christmas it will not be so for millions of people across the world.

Thinking of them all over this Christmas. 2016 has witness so much pain, misery, death and suffering. I cannot find the right words to say what I want to say about it all.

Lets hope 2017 is a better year that 2016. 





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