Avis Hill, a 54 year old grandmother, is an unlikely web evangelist.  Windmill Hill estate, where she lives, is typical of areas in the UK where internet use is low to non-existent.  Nationally, it’s in the bottom 2% in terms of deprivation.

For Avis, internet access represented the chance to retrain and find work when she lost her job.  “Without it,” she says, “I’d be sitting here wondering what to do.  It opens up new worlds.” She’s now championing the benefits within her local community.  She believes “years ago, you needed a phone to get by.  Now it’s a computer.”