Hamilton Literacy Council, is a non-profit organization

Non-profit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

 that provides basic (grade 1 - 5 equivalent) training in reading, writing, and math to English-speaking adults in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...

. The service is free, private, and one-to-one. Hamilton Literacy Council have been assisting adults with their literacy

Literacy

Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...

 skills since 1973.

Hamilton Literacy Council train volunteers to provide one-to-one tutoring to adults aged 16 and over. The council also runs four small group classes three times a week.

The mission of Hamilton Literacy Council is Hamilton Reads!