A busy Get Online Week!
October saw a successful Get Online Week in Oxfordshire [...]
Supporting Mohammad and his family
We're delighted to have received £100k from the Time after Time fund, which has helped secure the next 12 months of helping people to get online and preventing old IT becoming e-waste.
Getting online and getting a job with St Mungo’s
His own device was essential for Client X to pass theory tests for his bus driver's license. Thanks to support from St Mungo's and tech from GOO, he's now got work doing something he loves!
Connect! helping people access Citizens Advice
A wonderful case study showing how Connect! digital volunteers were able to facilitate Citizens Advice in helping a couple who couldn't reach them in person.
Digital Inclusion and Employment Support for Refugees in Oxfordshire
The No Limits Programme is a partnership between SOFEA and Aspire, funded by OxLEP. They help people break through barriers to employment, building skills and confidence, helping them get online providing laptops and connectivity, and additional practical support for example with transport. Hear from Aspire's Nataliia Zadesenets on her experience with the programme to date, since coming to Oxfordshire!
Helping people into work with “No Limits”
Hear Marcia and Taraji from the No Limits team describe this employability programme and the difference that digital devices are making.
Bridging the Digital Divide with Connect!
Find out more about Connect!, the Citizens Advice project established in April 2021 where trained Volunteers visit clients to help them make the most of their digital devices for FREE.
Making a difference for Refugees and Young People
What is Getting Oxfordshire Online and who is involved in the partnership? Watch our latest video to find out - with thanks to our friends at Nominet.
Young carers across Oxfordshire provided with laptops for lockdown and beyond
Be Free Young Carers worked with Getting Oxfordshire Online to provide much-needed laptops to young carers, which helped this already disadvantaged group keep up with school work during the pandemic, and stay connected with their social networks.
Wroxton C of E Primary School boosts computing curriculum with free laptops
Some families do not qualify for benefits such as Free School Meals, but their household income is only just over the threshold, which means the cost of a laptop can be a serious burden to them. Six students from Cheney School have received extra help via Getting Oxfordshire Online.
