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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Alex.Barker | 28 Jan 2022Are you wondering where you can get tech help for FREE? Look no further than AbilityNet’s recently updated tool, My Computer My Way (MCMW).The tool helps anyone to make a device easier to use, which is critical to our mission to create a digital world accessible to all.So, what is MCMW? And how do...
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Sarah Botterill | 06 Jan 2022How does Parkinson’s affect your ability to use technology?AbilityNet county coordinator for Cambridge, Andrew Harding, has insight into living with the condition. He also runs a support group for Parkinson’s and supports people in using technology through his volunteering for us.“The fundamental...
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Sarah Botterill | 11 Aug 2021AbilityNet’s Community Relationship Officer, Chris Grant, is nominated for a prestigious national charity award.Chris is a finalist for Employee of the Year in the Scottish Charity Awards run annually by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
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Sarah Botterill | 28 Jul 2021Following a successful pilot project, AbilityNet will provide ongoing support to people with PTSD through a partnership with the NHS, Jangala, Lenovo and ASDA.
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Sarah Botterill | 08 May 2021National Volunteers' Week is 1 - 7 June 2021. We'd like to take the opportunity to say a huge "thank you" to the volunteers without who we couldn't provide support to thousands of older and disabled people every year.Here, Sarah Brain who manages our volunteers shares a letter thanking them.
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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 | 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.
