Expert Resources: it volunteers
These are the items that relate to it volunteers found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.
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Sarah Botterill | 11 Apr 2021AbilityNet’s volunteers are supporting a tablet roll-out into communities through collaboration in West Yorkshire. Aspire Creating Communities provides support to people over 55 near Huddersfield. The charity is the brainchild of CEO Susanna Shotter, a trained Occupational Therapist with a focus on...
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Sarah Botterill | 10 Mar 2021AbilityNet volunteers have given tech help as part of a digital support initiative for BAME households in Basildon, Essex to help learning from home during Covid-19. Uche Amechi from Ngi Igbo first contacted AbilityNet. Ngi Igbo is a charity that represents a particular community from South-eastern...
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Sarah Botterill | 23 Feb 2021Disabled people feel lonelier and more isolated than others both before and during Covid-19*. Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures found that around 41% of disabled people feel anxious. One in ten disabled people is scared to go out, compared to 29% and one in 25 of non-disabled people*.
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Sarah Botterill | 17 Feb 2021Random Acts of Kindness Day is February 17, 2021. One of the suggested tasks is to write a letter to someone who has made a big impact on your life.Here, Sarah Brain who manages our volunteers shares a letter thanking them.
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Sarah Botterill | 15 Feb 2021Random Acts of Kindness Day is February 19, 2021. One of the suggested tasks is to write a letter to someone who has made a big impact on your life.Here, Chris Grant volunteer and fundraiser write about what his time volunteering means to him.
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Sarah Botterill | 10 Feb 2021The name IBM turns 97 years old this Valentine’s Day (14 February 2021). It was on this day the name became IBM having been known previously as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, founded 110 years ago.IBM invented much of the technology we use today and also gave birth to AbilityNet.
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Sarah Botterill | 10 Feb 2021Technology has played a vital role in keeping people connected as Covid-19 kept us apart.It’s led to a record year for AbilityNet’s FREE tech help.
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Sarah Botterill | 02 Nov 2020As the UK enters its second national lockdown due to Covid-19, technology can again play a critical role in keeping you in touch with friends and family – and to access essential services. AbilityNet supports older people and disabled people of any age at home, at work and in education by helping...
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Sarah Botterill | 24 Aug 2020AbilityNet responded to the needs of an increased number of older and disabled people during the pandemic thanks to a Scottish Government grant.
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Sarah Botterill | 18 Aug 2020AbilityNet and the Pulteneytown People’s Project (PPP) are connecting older people by offering tablets, mobile internet access and FREE technology support in Scotland. The PPP wanted to combat the social isolation many older people were experiencing particularly as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic...
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