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We promote the use of plain English and offer a number of different services, including <a href="/services/editing-services.html">editing</a> and <a href="/services/training.html">training</a>, to help organisations communicate with their audience as clearly as possible. Many of the organisations we have helped are shown in our list of <a href="/services/crystal-mark/crystal-mark-holders.html">Crystal Mark holders</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif; color: #333333; background: white;">In 1994 our founder, Chrissie Maher, received an OBE in recognition of her campaigning and work in the field of plain English. Other accolades include being named ‘Information Pioneer of the Century’ by the UK’s National Information Forum, and ‘Public Affairs Achiever of the Year’ and ‘Outstanding Achiever of the Year’ in the 2010 Women in Public Life Awards.</span></p> <div class="pechome1_section"> <div class="pechome1_box"> <h2><a href="/services/editing-services.html" target="_self">Editing and proofreading services</a></h2> <p><img src="/images/pechome/redpen.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></p> <p>Transform and clarify your documents with our editing services.</p> </div> <div class="pechome1_box"> <h2><a href="/services/training.html">Training</a></h2> <p><img src="/images/pechome/training.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></p> <p>Learn plain English principles where you are or at a venue near you.</p> </div> <div class="pechome1_box"> <h2><a href="/accreditation.html" target="_self">Accreditation</a></h2> <p><img src="/images/pechome/accreditation.png" alt="" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></p> <p>Crystal Mark, Internet Crystal Mark or Approved by – find out which seal of approval you need and why.</p> </div> <div class="pechome1_box"> <h2><a href="/services/corporate-membership.html" target="_self" title="Corporate membership">Corporate Membership</a></h2> <p><img src="/images/pechome/corporate.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></p> <p>Become a Plain English Campaign corporate member – save money and carry our logo on your documents.</p> </div> <div class="pechome1_box"> <h2><a href="/component/content/category/24-campaigning-and-awards.html">Examples</a></h2> <p><img src="/images/pechome/utterdrivel.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="150" border="0" /></p> <p>Our annual award winners, past campaigns and examples of communication at its worst.</p> </div> <div class="pechome1_box"> <h2>Plain English tools</h2> <p><strong><a href="/free-guides.html">Free guides</a></strong></p> <p><a href="/free-guides.html"><img src="/images/stories/guides.jpg" alt="Free guides" width="200" height="140" title="Free guides" border="1" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="/drivel-defence.html"><strong>Drivel defence</strong></a></p> </div> <div class="pechome1_box"> <h2><a href="/services/training/virtual-open-courses.html">Virtual open course</a></h2> <p>We run the Plain English open course online.</p> <p>This course is ideal if you only have one or two people to train.</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div class="item-separator"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrap"></div> </div>  </div> </div> <div id="footer-outer"> <div id="footer-sub"> <div id="footer"> <div class="custom" > <div class="social_box"><a title="Plain English Campaign" href="http://www.facebook.com/PlainEnglishCampaign" target="_TOP"><img src="/images/social/FB-f-Logo__blue_29.png" alt="Follow us on Facebook" width="29" height="29" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="social_box"><a title="Plain English Campaign" href="https://twitter.com/PlainEngCam" target="_TOP"><img src="/images/social/Twitter_logo_blue.png" alt="Follow us on Twitter" width="36" height="29" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="social_box"><a href="http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/plain-english-campaign/19/338/284"> <img src="/images/social/In-2C-28px-TM.png" alt="View Plain English Campaign's profile on LinkedIn" width="39" height="28" border="0" /> </a></div></div> <p> Powered by <a href="http://www.joomla.org/">Joomla!®</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer1">Copyright © 2025 Plain English Campaign. 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