BE CONNECTED DIGITAL LITERACY TRAINING AT THE PLACE

Ms JODIE HARRISON(Charlestown)As much of our day to day activity has moved online due to social distancing measures, there are some in our communityparticularly elderly people who may not be very computer literatewho may have been unintentionally excluded. The Place, Charlestown's Community Centre, has been taking steps to help these people out. Throughout September, the Place offered a number of sessions, both in person and online, to help over-fifties navigate the digital world. The Be Connected Digital Literacy training was free, and was an Australian Government initiative offered managed by the Good Things Foundation. The Place is a Be Connected Network Partner. Topics included "Messaging, Memes and Emojis", "Taking, Saving and Sharing Photos" and "Getting Started with Online Banking". The Place also offered a "How To" tech support day, helping over-fifties in our community become better acquainted with their devices. I congratulate all the learners for taking the time to become more familiarized with our increasingly digital world. My thanks to the Place for offering this important service, and in particular to the Place's Digital Mentor, Keyana, who ran many of the sessions.

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