AchieveAbility Partners

BRAIN.HE - Best Resource for Achievement and Intervention re Neurodiversity in Higher Education.

BRAIN.HE provides all higher education students and their tutors with a support network and information covering all forms of neurodiversity. The project aims to improve the Higher Education sector's response to neurodiversity.

British Dyslexia Association (BDA) is a national charity who's vision is that of a dyslexia friendly society that enables dyslexic people of all ages to reach their full potential.

BDA provide advice and support to dyslexic people and those with whom they come into contact and set the standards for and accredit dyslexia knowledge and professional expertise. The BDA also provide training and promote research. The BDA's National Helpline is: 0845 251 9002

DANDA - the Developmental Adult Neuro-Diversity Association has been set up for people with Dyspraxia, Asperger’s Syndrome, AD(H)D and other related conditions such as dyslexia and dyscalculia.

DANDA aims to help adults with Developmental dyspraxia, ADHD, Asperger's Syndrome and related conditions reach their full potential by providing and improving emotional and practical support. DANDA also establish networks of groups to help adults with these conditions get involved in activities for interaction, mutual support, and education, provided that the activities shall be charitable.

Dyslexia Action is a national charity and the UK's leading provider of services and support for people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties. Dyslexia Action specialise in assessment, teaching and training. Dyslexia Action also develop and distribute teaching materials and undertake research.

Sir John Cass's Foundation - The Foundation is one of London's oldest and largest education charities. Founded in 1748, it supports education for young people under the age of 25 in inner London through its grant programmes for individuals, schools and organisations, and its support for a number of institutions bearing Sir John Cass's name.

The Foundation funded the AchieveAbility and LETG ThisAbility London Ambassador Scheme.

The Arts Dyslexia Trust Is for creative Dyslexics – young and old.
The ADT recognises the value of AchieveAbility and supports the future sustainability of the network.

This non-profit making Trust has been set up with the following aims:

To help to bridge the gulf of misunderstanding that seems too often to exist between those who think predominantly in verbal terms and those who think in predominantly visual-spatial terms.

To draw attention to the high creative potential of the many visually-dominant dyslexic minds.

To encourage, instigate, and engage in research into the cause and nature of this connection between dyslexia and good visual-spatial faculties which can lead to exceptional ability and achievement in the arts and sciences (most noticeably, perhaps, in the visual arts).

To provide an advisory service for all those concerned with the above questions, most particularly in the field of education. The Trust also offers practical help to students and adults in their training and careers.

There is a collaboration agreement between AchieveAbility and the Arts Dyslexia Trust

The Higher Education Academy (HEA) - The HEA provide support to the Higher Education sector by working with individual academics. The HEA network of discipline-based subject centres provides a range of services to subject departments. The HEA work with UK universities and colleges, providing national leadership in developing and disseminating evidence-informed practice about enhancing the student learning experience.

The AchieveAbility National Network and Norwich University College of the Arts have work closely with the HEA and have collaborated on the National Teaching Fellowship Project called''InCurriculum''

London South Dyslexia Support Network:

The Dyslexia Support Network is a collaborative project between St. Mary’s, Roehampton and Kingston universities which was set up to provide a local forum for school and college staff to share their experiences and consider ways of facilitating students' transition into HE.

The forum provides a time and place for all staff who are interested and involved with dyslexia support to share good practice and offer support to one another.

What is involved?

Members meet 3 times a year and identify topics for discussion on current issues, such as policy changes working with specific groups of students, and the Disabled Student Allowance. Participating institutions take it in turn to host the meetings and invite a guest speaker to present in an area of interest, such English as an Additional Language, speech development and assessment issues.For further information on the DSN (Dyslexia Support Network) contact: Suzanne Marchment, Special Projects, s.marchment@kingston.ac.uk