Workshop News

Workshop Title:

A 'best practice' workshop for people in organisations who
want to help members of their community become 'media
literate' (able to use computers, internet, email)

If you want to spend a constructive, creative day with like-minded others finding out about the highly successful
'DU way' of bringing sustainable IT programmes into all sorts of communities, and exploring in detail how to use outreach
opportunities like Silver Surfers' Day, then the workshop below could be for you.

We are currently booking for workshops in October and November 2008, in Brighton, Burton upon Trent, Exeter and Liverpool
(other venues/dates to be announced, enquire gill.adams@digitalunite.net )

Faciliated by DU staff: Brian Eisenberg and Gill Adams of Digital Unite

More about the workshop:

In today's world being able to use Information Technology is as vital as reading and writing. Yet some people miss out
on this vital skill, whether because they retired before learning for work, slipped out of the education 'loop' for some
reason or simply felt too daunted at a crucial time in their lives. Bringing IT literacy programmes to these groups can
feel challenging but it's also a tremendous opportunity to work communicatively and pro-actively and in a life-changing
way with your clients.

Dates: Liverpool, Wednesday October 29;
Brighton, Thursday November 6;
Burton-upon-Trent, Tuesday, November 11;
Exeter, Monday November 17.

Costs: £75 per head or £120 for two from same organisation.
Refreshments: Hot and cold drinks and biscuits but please bring yourself something for lunch.
Timings: Exact times depend on locations but roughly 9.30/10am-4.30pm/5pm.
To book, send details of name, job title, organisation to:
Gill Adams or Brian Eisenberg, Information, Digital Unite with Silver Surfers' Day.
Email: gill.adams@digitalunite.net Tel: 0870 241 5091
More details: See below.

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Are you a likely participant?

You will benefit from this workshop if you are a community leader and action-taker whose remit it
is to help your community members:

- become socially included in general or specifically through digital inclusion,
- have increased confidence in themselves and (possibly) employability,
- become more confident around using today's computer technology, and its applications to everyday life for ANY reason.

You will benefit if you are someone who cares about the special practicalities of working with older people,
unconfident people or people with accessibility issues (e.g., older people, long-term unemployed people,
or parents at home, or those with mobility and learning difficulties).

You are likely to be looking for encouragement, plans, strategies, sharing of best practice, brainstorming
ideas. You may be aiming to bring both sustainable media literacy programmes as well as
'taster' media literacy programmes (Silver Surfers' Day Events specifically) into your organisation.

(NOTE Beneficiaries of these organisations can be any age or at any stage of their working life or
retirement and may or may not have particular accessibility needs. We see it as increasingly important
that any 'overlooked' groups are included and different groups may indeed be able to discover each
other through these workshops and work together to mutual benefit.)

Examples of those who've attended other DU workshops include: library staff, teachers in any setting
(eg, from primary schools that want to invite grandparents in for 'taster' IT sessions, to community colleges),
community centre staff and managers, UK on-line Centre staff, U3A members, sheltered housing managers,
resident involvement or tenant participation officers, computer recycling charities, commercial businesses
who want to 'give something back' to their communities, widening participation and social inclusion experts
at universities, or anyone who identifies themselves as interested.

Contact: Gill Adams or Brian Eisenberg, Information, Digital Unite with Silver Surfers' Day.
Email gill.adams@digitalunite.net Tel: 0870 241 5091