Digital Wellbeing Tameside and Glossop is supported by local NHS organisations and a range of other partners and aims to help people who don’t have access to technology. In addition to refurbishing and redistributing digital devices, PCrefurb will also provide training to support people to develop their skills and confidence in using devices to for day-to-day activities that improve their health and wellbeing.
Can you help by donating your unwanted devices?
One aim of the Digital Wellbeing project is to train up a network of Digital Champions who will help people with a variety of needs within our communities to develop their digital skills and confidence in using devices to access online services. People can also be referred into the project to receive equipment only, should not having the means to purchase their own be the obstacle preventing them accessing the digital world.
In an increasingly digital age, those who are not engaging effectively online are at risk of being left behind. In the UK that currently amounts to 10% of the population.
Technological change means that digital skills are increasingly important for connecting with others, accessing information and services and meeting the changing demands of the workplace and economy. This is leading to a digital divide between those who have access to information and communications technology and those who do not, giving rise to inequalities in access to opportunities, knowledge, services and goods.
The Digital Wellbeing project addresses one of PCrefurb’s founding objectives: to help bridge the digital divide in order to reduce inequalities and support the most disadvantaged in our communities.
Click here to enquire about the Digital Wellbeing project.