Hackney Silver Surfers
This vibrant centre is where senior citizens come to use a computer for the very first time.
The kit’s old, but the demand for it is heavy. The centre gets 5,000 visits a year, so visitors sometimes have to stand in line to wait for a computer to become free.
Watch the slideshow below, to hear some of Hackney’s seniors explain what keeps them coming and why computer literacy is such a vital skill, even among the over-50s. Also 84-year-old Fay Wall, from Manchester talks about her digital journey from solitaire to short-film making.
Thanks to Rick Crust at Hackney Age UK and Teresa Wilson at People’s Voice Media, photographs by Adrian Fisk; audio by Annie Dare, edited by Chris Peacock, 3thirty.
- Watch the slideshow below to find out more.
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Partners
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NAVCA will ask its members to encourage and support local community groups to do more in their areas to help local people to access the internet. -
Moneysupermarket.com will provide help and guidance for first-time users, inspire their millions of customers to Pass IT on and run training programmes. -
Maverick TV will continue to produce online content tools and services that are useful to the widest possible communities and encourage online participation. -
Sodaworks are passionate about online technology and will train their customers, show employees, friends and family and get involved in events such as Get Online Week. -
Sunnydale Community College will hold a series of workshops for Get Online Week and get involved with an itea and biscuits event.
