Training people

We specialise in plain English writing training courses for businesses and government.

Getting to the point: This in-house training is tailored to your sector. Our signature 2-day workshops include report writing, technical writing, policy writing, ministerial writing, letter and email writing, and web writing.

Clear writing courses: Our 1-day open courses help professionals build writing skills. We run our public training in Sydney and cater for 3 skill levels: introductory, intermediate and advanced.

 Editing documents

Our plain English editing services help to create more readable, engaging and effective documents. 

The Foundation's expert editors draw on the latest research in readability and plain language for: 

• in-depth editing of complex material like reports, contracts, policies and guidelines
• template development like briefing notes, letters and procedures
• writing evaluations of individual documents, sets of reports or whole websites.

We can help your team or your entire organisation.

 Building our community

The Foundation champions everyone's right to transparent and ethical public language. 

Our executive director, Neil James (or Dr Plain English), heads our community program.

Follow our activities through social media, and our contributions, including:

• events we sponsor, like the international PLAIN and Clarity conferences, and the Sydney Writers' Festival 
• articles and interviews about language
• public speeches on clear communication.