Welcome to BALID, the British Association for Literacy in Development. We are a non-governmental organisation (NGO) promoting adult literacy and numeracy as a basic human right, in the context of development.

• International Women's Day statement from BALID here
• New directions in literacy and development here

• Common Goals, Shared Purpose - Cape Town Report here
• Discussions: Literacy – Unfashionable and Unfundable? (10/11) - Report here.

Schooling and Family Literacy: Tuesday 15th May 2012
4.00 – 5.45 pm in High Wycombe. Details here

Find out more about literacy practice, including reports and links to relevant organisations here
• Report from BALID seminar, September 2010, on vocational training and literacy here