Plain English Foundation is the authority in clear communication, with over 15 years experience helping more than 300 government and business organisations to improve their writing using their integrated suite of services including training and editing

30,000

Professionals trained

5,000,000

Words edited

2,500

Training events

Benefits of Plain English

Plain English is a must for people who want to communicate clearly, fairly and ethically. It should be the standard for all workplace writing and public language

Expert Led

Before a workshop, expert trainers review samples of each participant’s workplace writing. During the workshop, participants receive personalised feedback to apply what they learn to their samples

Strong course outcomes

Over 95% of students rate their Plain English Foundation training experience as 'very good' or 'excellent'

Supplementary Learning

All participants receive a comprehensive manual, which covers document structure and written expression. It uses activities and best practice examples to boost writing skills

Key Highlights

Private Training

Two day Baseline or 1 day Essentials workshops conducted by expert trainers in areas such as audit writing, local government writing, briefing and correspondence writing, ministerial and policy writing, communications writing, report writing, investigation writing and web writing

Public Workshops

Virtual training workshops for anyone who wants to improve their workplace writing and use plain English tools to help write clear, concise and engaging content

Engaging Content

All participants receive a comprehensive manual, which covers document structure and written expression. It uses activities and best practice examples to boost writing skills. Before a workshop, expert trainers review samples of each participant’s workplace writing. During the workshop, participants receive personalised feedback to apply what they learn to their samples

Editing Services

Editing services that transform workplace writing into clear, engaging and persuasive texts with services including editing documents, developing templates to save time and evaluation of writing against plain English benchmarks