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Sustaining Switched On Communities

Funded by the Big Lottery Fund to support technology and training within the Voluntary and Community sector in four English Regions.

North East- East Midlands - West Midlands – London

AbilityNet wants to find out a bit about the people who use the services
provided through Switched on Communities and Sustaining Switched on
Communities. We are asking all participating voluntary organisations to
collect information about their users for four weeks, during September
and/or October 2008. Please enter user information here.

If you would like any support to complete this information please call 0800 269545

Switched On Communities

Switched on Communities is an initiative funded by DSGi, best known for their high street stores PC World and Currys.digital.

The initiative is a three year community investment program that will support disadvantaged groups through the provision of technology and training.

AbilityNet is one of four charity partners working with DSGi

Loan Bank

Voluntary and Community Organisations that are part of the Switched on Communities and Sustaining Switched on Communities project  have access to a wide range of access technology kit from our loan bank.

Keyboards - Mice - Trackballs - Switches - Touch Monitors – Screen Readers/ Magnification - Text-to-speech programs - Keyboard Stickers and much more.

Email switchedon@abilitynet.org.uk