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The Oxhill News September 2015 |
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Age UK Warwickshire Web Wise Project The Web Wise Project aims to help people over the age of fifty to get similar benefits from using the internet that younger people take for granted. Eleven million people in the UK do not use the internet, yet often services and goods are most easily, and cheaply, available from the internet. Older people, who do not use the internet, are increasingly at risk of being excluded from what are becoming “normal” life opportunities and activities. Web Wise is provided by Age UK Warwickshire, in conjunction with Stratford District Citizen’s Advice Bureau. We organise courses in local venues, like village halls. Each course lasts six weeks, with one two-hour lesson each week. The project is funded by Comic Relief. We also work in partnership with Orbit Housing, Heart of England. Web Wise courses are free. Our courses cover the basic functions of the internet, including the World Wide Web, email and Skype (video calling), banking, shopping, and searching for information. There is a particular emphasis on helping learners to save money, and to manage finances more effectively, by using services on the internet. You may bring you own laptop or tablet computers, or you can use one of ours. John Sawyer, the Project Co-ordinator, leads the courses and, where possible, there will also be Web Wise volunteers, who can give one to one support. We try to tailor the course to individual needs, and to this end each learner is invited to do a self-assessment prior to starting the course. Our next courses are at:
Stretton on Fosse Village Hall - Wednesday afternoons, starting 12
August If you would like to attend one of the above courses, please contact: John Sawyer on 07881 812943, or email john.sawyer@ageukwarks.org.uk or write to John Sawyer, Age UK Warwickshire, 8 Clemens Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 2DL What will you be learning? Lesson one: Introduction Overview
of course Lesson two: Staying safe on line Anti-virus
and firewall Lesson three: Communication Setting up
an email account Lesson 4: Managing money more effectively Online
banking Lesson 5: Increasing income Getting
financial advice Lesson 6: Saving money on utilities Cheaper
gas and electricity |
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