We officially began in 1979, to campaign against gobbledygook, jargon and misleading public information. We promote the use of plain English and offer a number of different services, including editing and training, to help organisations communicate with their audience as clearly as possible. Many of the organisations we have helped are shown in our list of Crystal Mark holders.
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.
'In all the history of the language, there has never been such a powerful grass-roots movement to influence it as the Plain English Campaign, and Chrissie is the one who got it going.'