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!
Hear Marcia and Taraji from the No Limits team describe this employability programme and the difference that digital devices are making.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 11-18 secondary comprehensive school near Blackbird Leys serves some of the most disadvantaged communities in Oxfordshire. A donation of 32 refurbished laptops from Getting Oxfordshire Online is helping more students access their learning.
The county’s longest-established independent recruitment agency, Allen Associates, has donated seven laptops to a new initiative which is spearheaded by Oxfordshire Community Foundation and run by partners including Aspire, Oxford.
Online learning platforms have become popular tools to complement in-person learning in schools. Now two disadvantaged pupils at Didcot Girls’ School can access the same learning as their peers thanks to donations of rebuilt 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.