Free Digital Skills Sessions for October
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Learn a new digital skill in October! Check out our free sessions on offer this month.
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Digital Inclusion Sessions for May/June
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Plan your Digital Inclusion training for May and June. Check out all the free sessions we are offering online.
Read MoreDigital Inclusion on the Agenda
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Speaking at the Agenda NI Housing Conference on 15 April, Stefanie McKillop, Digital Inclusion Officer at Supporting Communities, argued for increased resources and an all hands-on deck approach to bridging the digital divide in Northern Ireland. Watch her presentation here!
Read MoreNew Digital Inclusion Sessions for April
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Check out the new April Digital Inclusion course list. There’s a little something for everyone to try something new for spring!
Read MoreNew Digital Inclusion Courses in March
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New digital inclusion courses offer something for everyone! Check out our digital skills sessions in March.
Read MoreSupporting Communities Celebrates Get Online Week
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Supporting Communities is taking part in Get Online Week by offering digital skills sessions which are free and open to everyone. If you or someone you know would like to take the next steps in getting online and building digital confidence, this is the perfect opportunity!
Read MoreMake the Most of the Internet with Custom Support
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Supporting Communities offers tailored support for communities to get online, get connected and make the most of the internet.
Read MoreNew Online Platforms for Training Courses
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Lockdown hasn’t meant slow down for the training team! We have been busy putting our most popular courses online and helping our learners get to grips with virtual classes.
Read MoreZoom Training Helps Group Meet for the First Time Since Lockdown
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Deirdre Bradley, the Chair of the Granaghan and District Women’s group based in Swatragh, encouraged others to take part in Supporting Communities’ Zoom Training sessions. Now they are able to meet online and much more!
Read MoreONSIDE Training Successfully Pivots to Online Delivery
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Supporting everyone to get online is so important, now more than ever. The ONSIDE Project came just in time for many who would have been stuck at home for months without access to online shopping, video calling, and other online services. Learn how the project moved entirely online to support learners remotely.
Read MoreStaying Connected in Isolation: The Enniskillen Macular Support Group
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The Enniskillen Macular Support Group in Enniskillen are finding new ways to get connected and support each other despite needing to self-isolate during lockdown with the help of Supporting Communities’ Digital Inclusion Officer. Find out how we can help your group do the same.
Read MoreDigital Skills Help: Resources and Support
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When we need to be physically apart, we will find new ways to be together. Access resources to help yourself and others to make the most of the internet.
Read MoreGet Connected, Stay Connected
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This is a difficult and somewhat frightening time for everyone as we adjust our lives to deal with the new necessities of preventing and delaying the spread of the coronavirus. At Supporting Communities, we want to do everything we can to continue support community groups. Here are just a few of our favourite online communication tools to help keep you feel connected even when we need to stay apart.
Read MoreThe ONSIDE Project Gets Underway
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New staff Helen Maguire and Colin Patton are running the digital training strand of the ONSIDE Project, a joint piece of work we are collaborating on with Disability Action NI, the Housing Executive and the Independent Living Movement Ireland supported by the EU’s INTERREG VA Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
Read MoreMany in NI Still Not Ready to Cope with Online Benefits System
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A Department of Communities survey report indicates many people in Northern Ireland will struggle with an online benefits system.
Read MoreEveryone Get Connected! Digital Inclusion at Leonard Cheshire Disability
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Congratulations to our latest group of digital inclusion students at Leonard Cheshire Taylor House! The group took part in the “Get Connected” project.
Read MoreAnnual Conference is FIT for Future
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The Annual Community Conference this year looked to the future of community engagement and the increasingly digital world in which we live. Are we #FITforFuture
Read MoreDigital Inclusion is a STAR for Supporting Communities
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Supporting Communities brought home the Aontas Star Award for Digital Inclusion from an all-island awards ceremony in Dublin on Monday.
Read MoreCelebrating Digital Leaders in the UK
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"Supporting Communities was delighted to have been shortlisted for the National Digital Leaders Awards and to have come runners-up in our category is a great achievement for everyone involved in the Bridging the Digital Divide Project", remarked Colm McDaid at the London awards dinner on June 15th.
Read MoreSuppliers now on the Digital Training and Support Framework
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We are pleased to announce that Supporting Communities is now an approved Digital Training and Support Framework Supplier!
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