At St. Christopher House, we believe that Clear Language and Design is a matter of social justice. Many people are excluded from using printed text because of the way it is written or laid out.

Clear Language and Design is sometimes referred to as Plain Language.   It is a way of creating documents that communicate clearly. 

To view an online version of our Clear Language and Design manual, click here. A downloadable print version of the document is available at the bottom of this page.

The following is a list of Clear Language Resources:

Literacies has several articles about the importance of Clear Language and Design. 
Literacies journal

East End Literacy provides a Clear Language and Design Service to support their literacy work.
East End Literacy

The National Literacy and Health Program promotes awareness among health professionals of the relationship between literacy and health.  Plain Language is an important part of their work.
National Literacy and Health Program

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) also emphasises the importance of Clear Language.

NALD has a number of online documents about Clear Language.  (Type, "clear language" into their their Search Engine.)