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| 14 April 2011 |
 Media coverage - The Border Mail, 14 April 2011 Lacey Seears says Mission Australia’s language, literacy and numeracy courses turned her life around. The Albury resident, 26, says she went from being unemployed and suffering depression to studying a Certificate III in Children’s Services at TAFE. “My confidence increased and I was able to pursue what I really wanted to do, which was my childcare course, whereas before I just didn’t have the confidence to actually apply for it,” she said. The Mission Australia program works with adults who have difficulty with reading, writing and maths, including early school leavers or those with a history of interrupted schooling, as well people for whom English is a second language. Ms Seears finished high school in 2002 and started a diploma in hospitality and management which she didn’t finish. “Trying to get work or anything after that was very hard because I had no training,” she said. “But my spelling and grammar improved by actually getting back into a classroom-type setting, it just really helped.” Ms Seears, who finishes her childcare course in August and hopes to gain employment in the childcare industry, encouraged anyone else experiencing difficulties to try the course for themselves. For more information contact Mission Australia on (02) 6041 6055. If you live outside of the Albury region and want to find out more about the LLNP program, call 1300 MPOWER (1300 676 937) or visit LLNP's webpage. Photo: Mission Australia team leader Anne Lutton talks about the range of language, literacy and numeracy courses the organisation has on offer with other service providers from across the Border. Picture: John Russell. Picture and story courtesy of The Border Mail. |
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