The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) is a registered charity and membership organisation. NALA receives annual funding from SOLAS to support the Further Education and Training and the Adult Literacy for Life strategies.

Our vision and mission

Our vision is that adult literacy is a human right. Everyone in Ireland should have the chance to develop their literacy, numeracy and digital skills to take part fully in society.

Our mission is to:

• campaign for literacy as a human right;
• be leaders and champion best literacy practice; and
• support organisations in their efforts to be literacy friendly.

What we do

NALA is committed to making sure people with unmet literacy, numeracy and digital literacy needs can fully take part in society and have access to learning opportunities that meet their needs. We do this by:

• raising awareness of the importance of literacy;
• doing research and sharing good practice;
• providing online learning courses and a phone tutoring service;
• providing a Freephone support line 1 800 20 20 65; and
• working in partnership with government departments, state agencies and others.