The Fremantle Dockers have teamed up with Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation (DSF) to help support children with the learning difficulty.
 
As part of the ‘Kick a Goal for Literacy’ campaign, Harcourts WA will donate $50 to the DSF Foundation and The Mo, Evie and Otis Maslin Foundation for every goal booted by Freo this year.
 
The Maslin Foundation was formed to honour the memories of the three Maslin children who tragically died in the Malaysian Airlines disaster over Ukraine.

Otis had only just been diagnosed with dyslexia at the time of the tragedy.
 
Clancee Pearce is the campaign’s ambassador and grew up with friends with the learning difficulty, found in about five per cent of the population.
 
“I had a friend in primary school who was diagnosed with dyslexia,” he said.
 
“They can get really frustrated, so we are just trying to help them along the way.”
 
While Pearce spends much of his time in the defensive-half of the ground, he hopes his team kicks plenty of goals this season to raise the tally.
 
“I don’t kick a lot of goals, playing in defence and sometimes in the midfield, but we’ll be trying to kick more goals,” he said.
 
DSF WA president David McAuliffe said thousands of children across Western Australia were affected by dyslexia.
 
“Early detection is the key,” he said.
 
“Families can go to a professional tutor and frame a program for that child to improve their literacy.”
 
Harcourts WA chief executive Paul Blakeley said the company got involved with the campaign to give back to the community.
 
The funds raised through the campaign will be used to assist disadvantaged families access support.
 
The tally will be published in The West Australian each week.