Expert Resources: volunteers
These are the items that relate to volunteers found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.
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Sarah Botterill | 12 May 2020AbilityNet is working with others to keep older people connected during the COVID-19 lockdown
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Alex.Barker | 28 Oct 2019According to the Stroke Association, there are 1.2 million Stroke Survivors in the UK. AbilityNet have been lucky enough to attend events and meet people who have living lives after stroke.
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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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Mark.Gaddes | 18 Jun 2019Across the UK AbilityNet has a network of 300+ friendly, disclosure checked volunteers who provide IT (information technology) support to older and disabled people through home visits and remote support. Last week, at an event organised by AbilityNet and the Royal National Institute of Blind People...
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Jessica Doyle | 03 May 2019Here at AbilityNet our mission is to help to create a world in which digital services are equally accessible to all. An important part of achieving this mission is My Computer My Way, our online resource which provides easy to follow step by step instructions on how to turn on the inbuilt...
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Mark.Gaddes | 01 May 2019When an AbilityNet volunteer arrives in your home to help you with your technology you can rest assured they will have extensive know-how. Many come from significant careers in the Information Technology (IT) sector, and bring with them years of experience, as is the case with Myles Pilling.
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Jessica Doyle | 18 Apr 2019AbilityNet caught up with Iain Wilson, one of our volunteers in the midlands, to get a first-hand perspective on how his own hearing impairment informs his experience helping others as an AbilityNet ITCanHelp Volunteer.
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Mark.Gaddes | 27 Feb 2019AbilityNet has a network of volunteers that provide free IT support to older people and disabled people of any age. We recently sat down with one of our volunteers to get a first-hand perspective of what it’s like to be an AbilityNet ITCanHelp Volunteer.
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Mark.Gaddes | 05 Jun 2018Together with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) we held an event for our volunteers at IBM Southbank in London on Friday 1 June - the start of Volunteers Week. There were around 120 attendees from across the two charities at the event, which was all about celebrating the great...
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Claudia.Cahalane | 18 Apr 2016AbilityNet's IT Can Help has 230 volunteers who support older and disabled people to use technology at home. In February, the service was contacted by 80-year-old Ruth from Lincolnshire. Age UK had let her know that free computer help was available after she became more frail following an operation...
