By: Charlotte.KnightOn: 14th May 2013
There are 7.4 million people in the UK who have never used the internet of which 5.2million are aged over 65. There are over 18,000 care homes in England with nearly 40,000 older residents. We do not currently have an accurate figure about how many care home residents have access to the internet.
By: hollym@grcc.org.ukOn: 23rd April 2013
GRCC has been successfully running the Connect project since April 2011 with funding from the Nominet Trust. The aim of the project is to help anyone over the age of 55 and living in Gloucestershire to use a computer and get ‘online.’ Connect aims to help people, especially those living in the more rural areas of the county at whatever their level of ability and experience, to become more confident in using a computer and the internet.
By: dan@headstar.comOn: 22nd April 2013
The Go ON Gold campaign - raising awareness about the barriers faced by people with disabilities in accessing digital technologies, and helping to overcome those barriers - is nearing an important milestone.
Soon we will have signed up our 50th partner organisation, and we will be putting out a media announcement when this happens and hopefully getting some useful publicity as we head into the final few months of our project, which is funded by Nominet Trust.
