Rita Greer is in her eighties and resident of a sheltered housing scheme in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. Although most of Rita’s family live close by, her sister lives in Australia and they keep in touch by phone. With support from EverybodyOnline Rita has enhanced her communication experience with her sister by emailing photos to her.

Paddy Minne became interested in helping encourage older people learn about the Internet after teaching his elderly father how to become a ‘silver surfer’; a term used to describe older people who surf the Internet.