Tech Skills for Life - Getting Online Week
- Assistance with children's homework with no access to internet or laptop at home
- Booking appointments, applying for jobs and purchasing online
- Are you worried about staying safe online
Tech Skills for Life is now available.
In support of Getting Online Week, 16 – 21 October, you can find out more on Wednesday 18 October between 11am and 3pm at the North Lynn Discovery Centre in King’s Lynn.
The Freebridge Community Housing venue will have further information on tech and other local services, including Lily, Careline and the borough council. A local police volunteer is running a session on ‘Cyber Security Awareness’ between 11am and noon. Community Tech Coaches can answer any questions that you have and will be providing one-to-one sessions from 12:30pm onwards.
More details on the project at Norfolk.gov.uk/techskillsforlife
The Community Tech Coaches can make free laptops, free tablets and free data available, and can give advice about affordable broadband. We can also teach you new skills that will make technology easier to use and give you the confidence to use the internet safely.
A free session or series of sessions with a Community Tech Coach will help you make the most of the online world. You could be refreshing your skills or trying digital, internet-based, or “techy” things for the first time.
We aim to help you use tablets, computers, and smartphones, access the internet, and give you the skills and confidence to use technology in a way that works for you.
What can Tech Skills for Life do?
The Community Tech Coaches can help you, or someone you know who would benefit from their help, to use the internet to make everyday life easier.
Community Tech Coaches can:
- Give you the skills and confidence to be safe online and use your tablet, laptop, or smartphone however you want.
- Show you how to borrow a smartphone, tablet or laptop.
- Give you get a smartphone, laptop or tablet to keep.
- Help you get free mobile data and find a more affordable broadband tariff.
- Teach you new skills and suggest useful thing like classes or social groups.
How do I get started?
Call on 01485 536420, the line is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. A Community Tech Coach will answer your call, or you can leave them a message.
Or you can Complete our Tech Skills for Life online form
They will arrange to meet with you in a safe space, like the library or a local coffee shop, where they can offer help and provide information.
