Digital Unite
There are two offerings for charities from Digital Unite (DU), the organisation that specialises in helping the 8-10 million
over-50s in the UK who are still not able to reap the benefits of being able to use technology - The Silver Surfers Day and a
workshop for older people:
Silver Surfers Day
DU's Silver Surfers' Day (SSD) is on May 15th, 2009 - Resources to help ANY organisation, however small or large,
charitable or otherwise, to invite older people in on SSD for a good first taste of IT, are currently in production at
DU headquarters. To make sure you receive notice of these FREE resources, please add your email address to the e-zine
distribution list here: digitalunite.com (right hand column).
DU Workshop
A DU Workshop for those who want to help older people gets to grips with IT, in Sheffield on March 12th This costs £75 for
one person, or £120 for two people from one organisation, and is a great day for thinking, strategising, planning for
sustainable programmes and projects, with the help of experts in the field and colleagues who may potentially become partners.
The idea is to go away empowered and inspired to help your older clients not only become intrigued and fascinated by what IT
can do for them, but to remain engaged and develop as users of new media and as learners in general.
The workshop will be held at Ukonline Centres HQ at The Quadrant, Sheffield, S9 4WG from 10am-4.30pm. More details here:
tinyurl.com/http-digitalunite-com-wshop or email
gill.adams@digitalunite.net directly.
