Sep 8, 2024
We are back after the Summer with our full programme of Digital Drop-ins, Online Services Support, Community Learning, Mobile Phone Boot Camps, and of course, our Digital Awareness Online Programme. We now run over 20 activities a week so plenty of opportunity to get the support and information you need
So what’s new?
Unfortunately we have had to say goodbye to our weekly Digital Drop-In at the United Reformed Church, East Dulwich. We are however running Mobile Phone Boot Camps at the Copleston Centre every two weeks on a Wednesday morning (10.30-12.30) and we will be at the Tessa Jowell Centre on Friday afternoons (15.30-17.00) through September helping people to manage their health online.
We continue to run workshops at the Orpington Methodist Church where we have been really welcomed by the coal community and hope to develop more in the area.
And we finally return to both the Wellness Centre and Ashburton Library for our Croydon based Mobile Phone Boot Camps
Feel free to get in touch if you want further information, but even better, it would be great to see you out in the community!
Jul 28, 2024
As summer comes around, its normal for us to pause over the summer to recharge and plan, however this year we will be running a reduced schedule so that many of you can continue your learning or receive support if needed.
Our Digital Drop-Ins with continue to run at Age UK Croydon (Tues 2pm-4pm), Old Laundry, Stockwell (Tues 2pm-4pm) and Ahe UK Lewisham & Southwark (Thurs 2pm-4pm).
Online Services Support will continue every week at Croydon Central Library (Wed 10.30am-12.30pm) and every other week at Woodside Baptist Church (Tues 12.30-2.30) and Old Lodge Lane Baptist Church (Fri 8.30-10.30) and we have two Mobile Phone Boot Camps at Appleby Blue Almshouse (31st July) and Ashburton Library (22nd August)
Our Healthy Digital workshops continue through the Summer across Lambeth, Southwark and Bromley.
Finally, we will be announcing our Autumn schedule of Community Learning courses in a few weeks so please register your interest now.
Hope to see you out there!
Jun 2, 2024
Healthy Digital is our new programme designed to help you get to grips with navigating the various apps and website to manage your health online.
Over next year we will be testing out a few different formats to help you get to grips with accessing your health records, managing symptoms such as chronic pain and generally being more in control over your own health journey.
As with everything we do, this is about helping you understand what is available so that you can make a choice about what is right for you.
Undeniably, more and more services will be prioritized online from now on and some of us will take a little while to be fully comfortable with some of this, so now could be a good time to start to explore.
We start off with a set of three workshops being delivered through community and health centres and include
- Managing your health with the GP using the NHS AppManaging your hospital visits using MyChart/ MyCare
- Follow on technical support to set up, use or troubleshoot and problems
Our full schedule can be found here and dates will be added
Apr 11, 2024
WhatsApp is one of the most used communication tools and yet is also one of the most ‘high risk’ platforms for scammers, misinformation and identify theft.
It’s really simple for someone to take control of a WhatsApp account and then get access to all contacts and other groups on that phone AND YET it is also straightforward to put measures in p[lave to make this almost impossible.
Over the next few weeks we will be focussing on WhatsApp security settings and other tips and tricks in our Mobile Phone Boot Camps (Wellness Centre, Croydon 12th April & Myatts Field, Kennington/Camberwell 19th April) and on our Digital Awareness Online class on the 23rd April.
A just a little reminder that we re-start our Digital Drop in schedule again from Monday.
See you soon!
Mar 31, 2024
It’s been fantastic to see the sunshine starting to creep out as the clocks go forward.
A gentle reminder that our Digital Drop-In schedule is paused for the next two weeks as we restock, refresh and get ready for the spring and summer programme. We will resume again on Monday 15th April at Anerley Town Hall and West Norwood Library.
The exciting news is that we will be starting our brand new session at Age Uk Lewisham & Southwark’s Yalding Centre on Southwark Park Road every Thursday 2pm-4pm from 18th April.
Our full schedule can be found here.
There’s still time to register your interest for our course starting in April in Anerley, Bermondsey, Thornton Heath and Brixton. Our full Community Learning schedule can be found here.
Hope to you see you at a session soon 😉
