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Friday is ‘get online day’ – tell somebody who’s not online!

This Friday has been designated ‘get online day’ and there’s a pretty good website to explain it all, including a ‘game’ to push the benefits of going online.

If that sounds counter intuitive, let the Skills for Life Network tell you who it’s all aimed at, and then go and tell somebody you know who’s offline to call the freephone helpline – 0800 77 1234 – for advice about getting online:

“Get online day aims to get families into UK online centres across England and show them how they could save time, hassle and money online.

Its target is the 50 percent of the population considered to be low paid or low skilled and could benefit from starter skills to help them improve everyday personal and family life.

The focus of the day is Challenge the Walkers, an online game where people get a flavour of sites including Directgov and NHS Choices as well as activities like online shopping.”
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