Black Country news and blogs Monday 25 August 2014
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Adult Support Group – Coming Soon! 
Dig-iT 3 Aug 14
Dig- iT is pleased to announce that we’re soon to launch an adult dyslexia support group in Tamworth! The adult group will start in Autumn 2014 (venue and start date to be confirmed soon).
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TEC Achieves Enhanced Dyslexia Friendly Status
Dig-iT 22 Dec 13
Dig-iT sends many congratulations to Tamworth Enterprise College for being the first high school in the whole of Staffordshire to achieve Dyslexia Friendly ‘Enhanced Status’ in recognition of the additional breadth of consideration given to co-…
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Creativity Takes Time!
Dig-iT 6 Oct 13
As anybody at Dig-iT will tell you, people with dyslexia can be very creative.
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It’s Nearly Time to be ‘Positively Different’!
Dig-iT 6 Oct 13
Submissions for our annual ‘Positively Different’ event are now closed and we’re really looking forward to showing them all to you.
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Positively Different Submissions – Closing Date Extended
Dig-iT 20 Sep 13
We’ve extended the closing date for submissions to our Positively Different event this year.
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Thanks Enact!
Dig-iT 14 Jul 13
Thanks to Enact Academy for inviting Dig-iT along to talk about dyslexia and for taking part in our Youth Survey .
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Youth Survey 2013
Dig-iT 14 Jul 13
Calling all Tamworth Youth! Are you aged between 11 – 19? Do you live in or around Tamworth? Fancy taking part in our survey on dyslexia? Want to enter our prize draw? Enough of the questions! If you answered “yes” to the first three questions (at …
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Round Table Donate Laptop
Dig-iT 8 Jun 13
Dig-iT is very pleased to announce that Tamworth Round Table have been extremely generous and donated a brand new laptop to us.
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ASDA Community Award(ed)
Dig-iT 8 Jun 13
We reported back in January of this year that we’d been nominated inour local ASDA community groups competition.
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Dyslexia Training Gap
Dig-iT 3 May 13
According to a recent Guardian article, new research shows that teachers do not get enough training on how to help dyslexic children.
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Positively Received
Dig-iT 3 May 13
We’re starting to think about planning our ‘Positively Different 2013′ event and thought we’d remind you how well our first event went last year.
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Dyslexia Friendly Library
Dig-iT 3 May 13
Our very lovely friends at Tamworth Library are working hard to ensure that they have dyslexia friendly books and resources available.
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New GCSEs May Disadvantage SEN Students
Dig-iT 3 May 13
The government has acknowledged that their plans to revise GCSEs may put SEN students at a disadvantage.
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It’s a Jungle Out There
Dig-iT 3 May 13
Special Needs Jungle is a really great website run byTania Tirraoro who is a parent who has been through the “jungle of the statementing system” and so wants to share that knowledge with others.
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Top Tips for Parents
Dig-iT 17 Mar 13
Here’s some great videos showing top tips on supporting your child with reading, handwriting, spelling, organisation and memory.
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Disabled Students’ Allowance – Wellgood Advice
Dig-iT 17 Mar 13
We’ve found this really ‘well good’ advice on Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) on the Doctor Wellgood website.