Illiteracy can be costly for people and businesses, and Tasmanian Rural Women’s Award winner Allison Clark has a plan to improve this.
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The national award finalist is using the $10,000 bursary from her state award to research how literacy and numeracy barriers impact on a business’s ability to innovate and grow.
“Forty-nine per cent of Tasmanians have literacy and learning barriers and there are plenty of services to help address this,” Ms Clark said.
“I want to know where people are going to get help and how people are using these services so that I can make recommendations into what we can be doing better.”
Her project starts in Tasmania and includes case studies in Victoria and overseas.
Allison has completed an MBA degree, specialising in agricultural innovation, and works on creating innovation and change in product and service delivery.
The AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award national winner and runner up will be announced on October 15 in Canberra.
Applications for the 2019 awards have opened at www.agrifutures.com.au/rwa