Citizens Online News
Intergenerational Connections Created in Maghery Community Hall using IPADS
Published: May 20th, 2013 |
Carla Lockhart, the Council Mayor and Margarita O Donnell, from Loughshore Access Project, presented seven members of Maghery Diamond Club with certificates for participating in a free IPAD for beginners course and twelve members from Maghery youth club for their invaluable contribution throughout the six weeks.
April Longitudinal Study Update
Published: May 9th, 2013 |
Citizens Online are running a 2 year longitudinal study across our projects. We survey learners at entry and exit on our courses then at 3,6, 12 and 24 months after training. We analyse the reasons they attend the course, their access to computers and the Internet and any barriers they face. We also look at their confidence before and after training and some of the benefits they gain from the Internet.
Read the new April Highlights Report here
Published: May 6th, 2013 |
A big welcome to Brigitte Vallance has joined our Highlands Team and will be working in Nairn. She has already launched herself into the project by introducing herself to local partners in-cluding Highlands Employ-ability – Nairn and the local volunteer agency. To read the report, please click here.
Field Lane crafters group get online
Published: May 2nd, 2013 |
We were contacted via one of our close partners, Berneslai Homes, to see if we could provide some basic Internet support to a small group of crafters that meet weekly in Barnsley to chat and make craft products.
Surfing at the cinema
Published: Apr 28th, 2013 |
The Bristol team held a special event at the Odeon Cinema for the silver screening of ‘Quartet’. Over 260 seniors attended and the team were there to tell them about a free beginners computer courses, including a new iPad course which is due to start in the next month. We would like to thank Mark from the Odeon, Max our work experience administrator, [...]
Getting online in Orkney
Published: Apr 28th, 2013 |
A two-year initiative to help local people access the internet, learn new skills and realise the benefits of being online has been launched in Orkney. To read the full press coverage, please click here.
Residents get online in Cornwall
Published: Apr 16th, 2013 |
The Superfast Cornwall team have published details of a great digital inclusion case study. As residents started to move into their homes in Hensbarrow Meadows and Phillimore Court, in Cornwall, they were keen to make full use of their local community facility and requested an ICT course.
Video of the BT Connected Communities Project in Maydown
Published: Apr 16th, 2013 |
A look at how computers and technology, provided through the BT Connected Communities Project, are having a positive effect on people in the Maydown area. For more information on the BT Connected Communities Project, including finding out if there are any sessions in your area, visit the website View the YouTube video here
March Monthly Highlights report now available
Published: Apr 8th, 2013 |
March was a busy month with the launch of the RCT project and Get RCT Online held in Porth. Over in Gywnedd, the team attended a cooking demonstration in Welsh that was streamed live. Please click on the link below to read more. March highlight Report
BT Get IT Together Award
Published: Mar 22nd, 2013 |
If you are a charity, SME, Social Enterprise or CIC, helping people access the internet and improve their ICT skills, you could be eligible to apply for the BT Get IT Together Award.
