Expert Resources: At Home
These are the items that relate to At Home found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.
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Annie Mannion | 28 Jun 2022"Accessing the internet does have a lot of advantages. For us it’s a miracle, really. It’s been fantastic!” says Madeleine, 81, who has been supported by the AbilityNet and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust device partnership.
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Saba Salman | 05 Aug 2021From Herts People First, Alex Morris has provided ongoing and emergency support thanks to Digital Lifeline – a government emergency response fund - and tech help from AbilityNet.
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Saba Salman | 28 Jun 2021Lillian Tellsdale is looking forward to a big family holiday at the end of the year. The trip to Penrith in her native Cumbria with her sister and other relatives is six months away, allowing the 74-year-old from Wigton plenty of time to research the area on her new tablet. She says she might learn...
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Mark Walker | 24 Jun 2021AbilityNet is proud to be supporting Jennyruth workshops in its work, boosting confidence for people with learning disabilities by providing support with technology. Jennyruth workshops support adults with learning disabilities to create and sell handcrafted products.
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Mark Walker | 24 Jun 2021Janet Groves admits feeling nervous getting started with the tablet she received via the government’s Digital Lifeline Fund, set up to help people with learning disabilities.“I knew nothing about them - I was nervous,” says the 58-year-old from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. “It felt strange,” she...
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Mark Walker | 24 Jun 2021Access to a tablet is bringing the pick of the pops to Susan Russell, 50, from Bromsgrove, who received a device through the UK government's Digital Lifeline scheme.AbilityNet is helping to support people like Susan, who has a learning disability.
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Mark Walker | 24 Jun 2021The first thing Stacey Webb did with the new tablet she got through the government’s Digital Lifeline Fund was a web search for her sister’s birthday gift.AbilityNet is helping support people with learning disabilities to make the most of the devices they receive through the national scheme.During...
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Mark Walker | 24 Jun 2021Leannda Ward is pretty tech-savvy. The 30-year-old, who was born blind, has used digital devices since she was a child. During the lockdown, she even got herself some DJ CD decks and started mixing music at home in North East Lincolnshire.
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Sarah Botterill | 11 Jul 2019Shaun Bentley began volunteering for AbilityNet after a life-changing motorbike accident led to a rare infection, and a diagnosis of osteomyelitis and arthritis.
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Catherine Grinyer | 23 May 2018Together with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) we are holding an event for tech volunteers at IBM Southbank in London on Friday 01 June, the start of Volunteers Week. Around 50 tech volunteers from each charity will attend the day, which is all about celebrating the great work...
