VOLUNTEER PROGRAMMES

It's Get Online Week in the week commencing 16th October 2023. There are thousands of events taking place in communities all across the country with volunteers showing you that getting the most out of the internet can be easy and fun. All you need to do is Try 1 Thing! We are proud to announce that Get Online Week is back in Ipswich. Our digital superheroes are busy setting up events to help people get online and use technology. Here is a list of events available around the area. So just #try1thing. Happy Get Online Week!

It's Get Online Week in the week commencing 14^th October 2019. There are thousands of events taking place in communities all across the country with volunteers showing you that getting the most out of the internet can be easy and fun. All you need to do is Try 1 Thing! We are proud to announce that Get Online Week is back in Ipswich. Our digital superheroes are busy setting up events to help people get online and use technology. Here is a list of events available around the area. So just #try1thing. Happy Get Online Week!

A newspaper news article titled "Volunteer of the Year offers free IT sessions" published by the East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star on 4^th October 2018.

It's Get Online Week in the week commencing 15^th October 2018. There are thousands of events taking place in communities all across the country with volunteers showing you that getting the most out of the internet can be easy and fun. All you need to do is Try 1 Thing! We are proud to announce that Get Online Week is back in Ipswich. Our digital superheroes are busy setting up events to help people get online and use technology. Here is a list of events available around the area. So just #try1thing. Happy Get Online Week!

Time flies when you are having a great time. It has been three years since we started the free computer advice and support service in partnership with AgeUK Suffolk. The service is offered at AgeUK Ipswich help centre in Ipswich Town Centre. The service has gone from strengthen to strengthen since launched in July 2015. To-date, we have held 137 sessions, helped more than 420 customers and raised over £780 for AgeUK. Our customers found the service friendly and helpful and we consistently received top marks feedback.

It's Get Online Week in the week commencing 2^nd October 2017. There are thousands of events taking place in communities all across the country with volunteers showing you that getting the most out of the internet can be easy and fun. All you need to do is Try 1 Thing! We are proud to announce that Get Online Week is back in Ipswich. Our digital superheroes are busy setting up events to help people get online and use technology. Here is a list of events available around the area. So just #try1thing. Happy Get Online Week!

Time flies when you are having a great time. It has been two years since we started the free computer advice and support service in partnership with AgeUK Suffolk. The service is offered at AgeUK Ipswich help centre in Ipswich Town Centre. The service has gone from strengthen to strengthen since launched in July 2015. To-date, we have held 92 sessions, helped more than 291 customers and raised over £531 for AgeUK. Our customers found the service friendly and helpful and we consistently received top marks feedback.

A newspaper feature editorial titled "Change your life for the better by gaining the digital skills you need" published by the East Anglian Daily Times on 12^th June 2017.

While many of us are enjoying the festive season with our loved ones, family and friends, there are many elderly people in the UK who are going through the festive season alone. (Picture from AgeUK)

It's Get Online Week in the week commencing 17^th October 2016. There are thousands of events take place in communities all across the country, showing people how the internet can make life easier, cheaper, healthier and more fun! Certainly this is a celebration not to be missed. Our experts in the community are busy setting up events to help people to get online and use technology. Here is a list of events available around the Ipswich area.

Time flies when you are having a great time. It has been a year since we started the free computer help and support service in partnership with AgeUK Suffolk. The service is offered at the well-equipped and friendly AgeUK Ipswich help centre in Ipswich Town Centre. The service has gone from strengthen to strengthen since the launch in July 2015. To-date, we have held 51 sessions, helped more than 160 customers and raised more than £300 for AgeUK. Our customers found the service friendly and helpful and we consistently received top marks feedback.

Yesterday, We ran another fun and interactive class about the Internet for another group from the Suffolk Hearing Advisory Service at The Salvation Army in Felixstowe. It was great to see many people so eager to learn and actively participating in the class.

We have reached our second milestone “100 customers helped” for the free computer advice service in partnership with AgeUK Suffolk. To-date we have helped 104 customers, raised over £153 donations for AgeUK and delivered 33 free sessions. Moreover, we are very pleased to let you know that the service consistently receives top ratings; our customers found the service extremely useful; they would use the service again; and they would recommend it to others.

Yesterday we have reached our first milestone for our free computer advice service in partnership with AgeUK Suffolk. To-date, we have delivered 10 free sessions; helped 21 customers and raised £41 for AgeUK. Moreover, all the customers found the service extremely useful. They would use the service again and would recommend it to others.

Our first free computer advice session at AgeUK went really well. We received a lot of positive feedback and we are looking forward to the next session tomorrow.

In partnership with AgeUK Suffolk, Lxpert is launching a new initiative through which AgeUK customers will be able to access free tech advice and support at their local charity shop in Ipswich.