Dec 7, 2024
Coming into December, we thought things would naturally die down as people attend seasonal celebrations, have family commitments to prepare for and, let’s face it, its cold and rainy!
We’ve had our busiest week ever of people attending our various programmes wanting to build confidence, improve skills and do things for yourselves. All credit to you!
Since we last spoke, we’ve started new sessions in Waterloo, Orpington, Peckham and New Addington, but don’t worry, our usual schedule still stands so don’t hesitate to come and say hi, get some practice in, and build those skills!
Importantly, we wanted to let you know about our celebration events which will be at Age UK Croydon on Tuesday 10th December (2pm-4pm), Wellness Centre, Croydon on Friday 13th December (2pm-4pm) and Old Laundry at Stockwell on Tuesday 17th December (2pm-4pm)
Please feel free to come along and celebrate with us or just say hi even if you do not normally attend these sessions.
Our schedule can be found here: Digital Dop-Ins, Online Services Support & Workshops
Our programme will start to thin out from Monday 16th December with the full schedule returning from Monday 6th January.
See you somewhere soon
Oct 12, 2024
For some time now we have been running a separate programme in Croydon and Lambeth supporting residents to completing online forms, creating accounts, accessing the council, NHS, DWP and help with the cost of living – Online Services Support.
It’s not uncommon for people to feel overwhelmed with options or the information the need to prepare for so we always start with Readiness Session to ensure that we identify everything we need for an application which may lead to a second session once everything has been collated.
For many, the Readiness Session is enough for them to build the confidence to do th application for themselves or in a supported way with us
We are also to identify broader issues people may be facing and signpost to further support and other information, where relevant, as well having access to the National Databank so we can donate free sims and date for families and residents in financial need.
We work alongside information and advice organizations such as Citizen’s Advice, Age UK Croydon., Centre 70, Brixton Advice Centre and Oasis Centre.
We have weekly sessions at Thornton Heath Library (Mondays), Croydon Central Library (Wednesdays) and will be starting at Oasis Centre, Waterloo 8th November.
Fortnightly we are at Centre 70, Stockwell Park Community Trust, Woodside Baptist Church and Family Centre, Fieldway, New Addington (from 12th November) on Tuesdays and Old Lodge Lane Baptist Church on Fridays
Click here for our full schedule
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!
