Tuesday, 2 July 2013

GET ONLINE WREXHAM FLINTSHIRE WELCOME NEW DIGITAL CHAMPION VOLUNTEERS

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Get online Wrexham Flintshire, the project working to increase internet use amongst local people, is pleased to announce that its first cohort of digital champion volunteers has completed initial training.  Each member of the group is an asset to the project, working very well as a supportive team, showing great dedication and entertaining the facilitators throughout the two-day 'train the trainer' course.

Volunteers are vital to the project, delivering basic internet skills training to people throughout Wrexham and Flintshire. With around 32 percent of the local population having little or no experience of the internet, our champions are ready, able and eager to welcome learners into the online world, and allow them to experience its benefits first hand with an Absolute Beginners training course. The six-hour course is delivered over two or three sessions at libraries and centres across Wrexham and Flintshire.

To book a place on a course, or to find out more about the project, please contact:

Mel Salisbury, Digital Inclusion Outreach Officer for Flintshire
Mel.salisbury@flvc.org.uk
Tel: 01352 744026

Steve Robinson,Digital Inclusion Outreach Officer for Wrexham
Steve.robinson@wrexham.gov.uk
Tel: 01978 722988

(Picture - L to R - Steve, Frances, Teresa, Mel Salisbury, David, Jeremy, Alan)
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Thursday, 9 May 2013
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Digital Leaders Course

The second part of the Digital Leaders course run by Sangeet Bhullar of Wise Kids was completed recently leaving the group of Digital Officers across North Wales (including our team in NE Wales) with even more scope to deliver on digital inclusion.  The course covered aspects such as Social Media and the use of such applications as Facebook and Skype, as well as covering blogging, and how to do it effectively.

It gives North Wales a unique opportunity with a group of skilled and committed individuals keen to take these skills into the communities to pass them on.

Well done to all, and thanks to Sangeet.

Kevin Roberts
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Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Are we EVER too old?

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It is sometimes suggested that older people might have less use for ICT than their younger counterparts?  A recent 'taster session' by the team in Flint certainly turns this thinking on its head. We will simply post the link here to a brief YouTube clip of Evelyn, aged 100 years, being given the opportunity to speak to her niece in France via Skype, and leave people to make their own minds up.


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Get Online Wrexham Flintshire is a cross-county collaboration between both local authorities and CVCs to deliver Digital Inclusion in the region.
It is part of an overall Digital Inclusion Strategy from Welsh Government that funds Communities 2.0, an all-Wales project.

There are over 70,000 people classed as being digitally excluded in that they either have no access to or ability to use the internet or computers in general and this puts them at a great disadvantage in a digital age.
The team works across both counties to deliver training and engagement sessions to promote the use of online facilities such as information websites and shopping.
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