2 November 2011
Never too old to learn or never too young to Teach
Merseylearn, the unionlearn project within Merseytravel, have been holding a number of events as part of the Family Learning Festival throughout October and to support The Go-On Liverpool campaign.
25 October 2011
Case study: Unionlearn Digital Champions Holby City's Tina Hobley
Tina Hobley admits that a year ago she was leaving it to her husband to send the emails. But today, with other members of the cast of Holby City.....
31 May 2011
BBC First Click Campaign
Unionlearn are teaming up with the BBC First Click campaign to help encourage the millions of people who currently do not use the internet to understand and enjoy its benefits. There's a wealth of online and offline First Click resources which could help you help learners.
8 February 2011
Case study: POA delivering digital learning
Joe Kennedy was introduced to his local POA union learning centre by a friend who was already learning computer skills at the centre. Joe, who is 69 years of age, recollects that his very first visit to the learning centre clarified for him that a mouse was not just a furry rodent with a long tail...
Southern and Eastern
1 February 2011
Digital surfing a success for Oldham Council
“None of this would have happened if we hadn't decided to register as an online centre partner or had the facilities and support of Oldham Council to help senior citizens like ourselves become silver surfers,”...
North West
27 January 2011
Go on - help get someone online today!
You can help someone through their first steps of getting to grips with computers and the internet.
Unionlearn has launched a major campaign Go On - Get Online, Get A Lifeline to put unions at the heart of a movement to ensure that every adult in the country can use a computer and the internet with confidence. It's free! Sign someone up today.
24 January 2011
Get a Lifeline - Hatfield learning centre
Case study: Getting online has broadened the horizons of POA members and their friends and families using the learning centre at Hatfield Prison.
20 January 2011
Go ON: Pass IT on - become a Digital Champion
By signing up to the digital champion network you'll also receive a monthly update on tools and resources, and occasionally activities and exclusive offers available in your area.
14 February 2010
Unionlearn and UK online centres
With shopping, job hunting, access to council services and even socialising conducted largely through the web, it has become harder and harder for those without computers or the confidence to use them to enjoy the advantages and benefits of internet access, and harder for them to live the same life as those that do.
Here you can find links to resources and information to help people in the workplace understand the digital world and get online.
5 December 2009
How can you help? - Go ON
Let your members, colleagues friends and family know that there are simple and cheap ways to learn how to use the internet, such as the myguide courses. You can help them get the skills they need.