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Cambridge
Online provides:
>a
friendly welcome
> help and support to use computers and
the internet
> free internet access
> guidance on how to find and use public
services online
> advice on what to do next
> a safe place to learn
> fair treatment and respect
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A Two Minute Guide to Cambridge OnLine
Mission
Computer Access for All
Services
Free computer training and information
Accessibility Assessments & Advice
Website hosting and design
Summary
Cambridge Online is an educational charity based in
Cambridge. We provide people with FREE access to computers and the
internet, as well as advice on using them. We welcome anybody who
will benefit from our service, including disabled and disadvantaged
people.
Projects
Smarter Government Initiative – With funding distributed through UK
online centres last year, we increased our public internet access
points, and provided outreach tutorials. We are
now aiming to get 600 new people online in the next
twelve months.
Learning Centre at Hester Adrian - helps anybody to use computers
and access the Internet. One to one support, individual learning
plans. Specialises in helping disabled and disadvantaged people who may need additional help
and encouragement – open to all. Member of UK online centres.
Tutor Recruitment Project – Providing training and support for new
volunteer mentors and tutors to provide one to one support for our
learners. We currently have 35 people working as mentors and tutors,
with around 50% of them living with a disability. As a volunteer
based organisation, we rely heavily on volunteer tutors.
Accessibility Champion - Promoting computer accessibility to all
voluntary and community sector organisations in the East.
Community Partner (Switched On Communities) – Having ‘Planted’ 32 ICT Accessible Projects in the East, we continue to support them.
NHS Choices Champion - We are responsible for promoting the NHS
Choices website in the East of England.
Website - full of local information, training links, and links to
hundreds of local and regional websites [
www.colc.co.uk ]
Free computer access - at 20 Cambridge Online centres in Cambridge
as part of the wider Cambridgeshire Community Network.
Click here to find access points throughout
Cambridgeshire.
St Paul’s Tutorials – an outreach tutorial service especially for
people referred by local mental health services
St Paul’s Drop In – a supported drop in session for centre users and
the local community
Pathways Mentoring – an outreach service where trained mental health
service users act as mentors to fellow service users
Lifecraft Tutorials – providing tuition for Lifecraft (mental health
support group) members and staff
Mobile UK online centre – taking computers, tutors and internet
tasters to where people are, initially to supported and sheltered
housing in Cambridge.
Digital Storytelling – creating a community website by encouraging
people to share their personal memories, stories, photographs and
video, using social media.
Status
Cambridge OnLine is a charity supported by grants and
donations, and is registered as a company limited by guarantee. It
is managed by a voluntary board of trustees.
Numbers
3300+ one to one tutorials per year
400+ new learners per year
35 volunteer tutors – 50% living with a disability
2 permanent staff + part time session staff
£63,000 to run Cambridge OnLine in 2010
Charity number 1097218 (2003)
Company number 3619629 (1998)
Funding
Our main funders over the last 3 years have been Cambridge
City Council (Economic Policy and Community Development), Microsoft
Research Ltd, Lloyds TSB Foundation, Central Government through UK
online centres, NHS Choices, idenk, DSGi, J Paul Getty Jr Trust,
Garfield Weston Foundation, TalkTalk. We also acknowledge the
considerable “in kind” support provided by Cambridgeshire County
Council through their Cambridgeshire Community Network, and the many
small personal donations that we receive.
Awards
Accessibility Champion for the East of England (ICT Hub)
Innovation In The Community Award 2008 (TalkTalk)
Winner - Community Awards 2009, Special Needs Category (Cambridge
News)
Our Cambridge Online Centres and Outreach Locations
(Call us for exact locations and opening times)
Addenbrookes Hospital Outpatients Department
Buchan Street Neighbourhood Centre
Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum
Centre at St Paul's
Cambridge CAB
East Barnwell Community Centre
Hester Adrian Centre
Cambridge Online Mobile Centre
Norfolk Street Internet Cafe
Horizon Community Centre
St Luke's Community Centre
82 Akeman Street Community Rooms
Orchard Park
Cambridge City Sheltered Housing Schemes
Chinese Community Centre
Cambridge Womens Resources Centre
Fawcett Primary School
The Meadows Community Centre
Newton Cucumber Youth Centre
Cambridge CVS
Centre 33
Jimmy's Nightshelter
Cambridge Online,
Hester Adrian Centre, Hawthorn Way, Cambridge, CB4 1AX
Email help@cambridgeonline.org.uk Tel 0845 458 0192
or 01223 300407
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Charity no 1097218
- Company no 3619629 - Company limited by guarantee - Registered in
England and Wales
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