This week is Get Online Week and events are taking place across the borough to encourage everyone to get online.
A variety of taster sessions are on offer, including ‘Exploring your iPad’ and ‘Digital Skills for Jobs’ to help residents get digital.
This year’s theme is ‘Make life easy – online’ with events and information focussed on just how the internet can make almost anything a little easier – from staying healthy to finding work and saving money to having fun.
Councillor Daalat Ali, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community at Rochdale Borough Council, said: “Being online enables you to do so much – and it is much easier than you think. For anyone who has never touched a computer or tablet before, or just needs some pointers to make the most of being online, there’s a Get Online Week event for you.”
Events taking place this week are:
Tuesday 13 October
Barclays Tea and Teach Digital 10am – 12pm Rochdale Central Library
First Steps to Getting Online 2pm – 4pm Heywood Library
Wednesday 14 October
Explore Your iPad/Tablet 10.30am – 11.30am Middleton Library
Friday 16 October
Explore your iPad/Tablet 10am – 12pm Alkrington Library
Digital Skills for Jobs 2pm – 3.30pm Heywood Library
The Get Online campaign is now in its ninth year and aiming to reach tens of thousands of people. Throughout the country, thousands of events will take place to support people to do more with digital -from buses to churches and from cafes to community centres.
Last year, 80,000 people were reached by Get Online Week. Over the last nine years, the campaign has raised the profile of the benefits of being online and given a real focus to the digital inclusion calendar.
13 Oct 2015