Residents Give IT an Hour

Published by Lucy Bradwell for The Regenda Group in Housing and also in Communities, Education

Residents within sheltered schemes across Liverpool have been learning how to use the internet thanks to the ‘Go on - Give an hour’ campaign.

Five ‘digital champions’ from Regenda volunteered to provide training during hour long sessions held at Autumn Lodge in Aigburth Road; St Peters Court in Aigburth; Wilkinson Court in Wavertree and Maritime Lodge in Anfield. 

Project officer Claire Lomas from Regenda explained, “The sessions varied in each scheme and with each resident, but the majority had no previous experience of using computers, so the hour was used to guide them through the process of logging on and to give them a taste of what the internet has to offer.”

“Today learning how to use the laptops has been great,” said Cathy Barron, from Maritime Lodge, after completing a session.  “I would like more lessons and am seriously thinking of getting a laptop.  I really enjoyed the lesson, it was brilliant.”

Claire Lomas concluded, “The feedback from residents was very positive.  They really enjoyed the sessions but felt that they needed more time.  The hour of training really gave them a flavour of what the internet can do and many of the residents want to put what they learned into practice.  We are now looking into ways in which we can provide our residents with more opportunities to go online.”

The ‘Go on give an hour’ campaign is running from 31^st October to 30^th November and is encouraging everyone who uses the internet to give an hour to transform someone’s life by helping them get online.

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