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Expert Resources: it volunteers


These are the items that relate to it volunteers found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • Helpful tech tips: My Computer My Way

    Alex.Barker | 28 Jan 2022
    Are you wondering where you can get tech help for FREE? Look no further than AbilityNet’s recently updated tool, My Computer My Way (MCMW).The tool helps anyone to make a device easier to use, which is critical to our mission to create a digital world accessible to all.So, what is MCMW? And how do...
  • Parkinson’s and technology: a volunteer’s story

    Sarah Botterill | 06 Jan 2022
    How does Parkinson’s affect your ability to use technology?AbilityNet county coordinator for Cambridge, Andrew Harding, has insight into living with the condition. He also runs a support group for Parkinson’s and supports people in using technology through his volunteering for us.“The fundamental...
  • Award Nomination for AbilityNet volunteer

    Sarah Botterill | 11 Aug 2021
    AbilityNet’s Community Relationship Officer, Chris Grant, is nominated for a prestigious national charity award.Chris is a finalist for Employee of the Year in the Scottish Charity Awards run annually by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
  • Tech help for people experiencing traumatic stress

    Sarah Botterill | 28 Jul 2021
    Following a successful pilot project, AbilityNet will provide ongoing support to people with PTSD through a partnership with the NHS, Jangala, Lenovo and ASDA.
  • Thank you: a letter to AbilityNet's Volunteers

    Sarah Botterill | 08 May 2021
    National Volunteers' Week is 1 - 7 June 2021. We'd like to take the opportunity to say a huge "thank you" to the volunteers without who we couldn't provide support to thousands of older and disabled people every year.Here, Sarah Brain who manages our volunteers shares a letter thanking them. 
  • Support for community-based tablets and technology

    Sarah Botterill | 11 Apr 2021
    AbilityNet’s volunteers are supporting a tablet roll-out into communities through collaboration in West Yorkshire. Aspire Creating Communities provides support to people over 55 near Huddersfield. The charity is the brainchild of CEO Susanna Shotter, a trained Occupational Therapist with a focus on...
  • Supporting the Basildon BAME community during the pandemic

    Sarah Botterill | 10 Mar 2021
    AbilityNet volunteers have given tech help as part of a digital support initiative for BAME households in Basildon, Essex to help learning from home during Covid-19. Uche Amechi from Ngi Igbo first contacted AbilityNet. Ngi Igbo is a charity that represents a particular community from South-eastern...
  • Learning to reconnect: how a tablet helped Isobel

    Sarah Botterill | 23 Feb 2021
    Disabled people feel lonelier and more isolated than others both before and during Covid-19*. Office of National Statistics (ONS) figures found that around 41% of disabled people feel anxious. One in ten disabled people is scared to go out, compared to 29% and one in 25 of non-disabled people*.
  • Thank you: a letter from one of our volunteers

    Sarah Botterill | 15 Feb 2021
    Random Acts of Kindness Day is February 19, 2021. One of the suggested tasks is to write a letter to someone who has made a big impact on your life.Here, Chris Grant volunteer and fundraiser write about what his time volunteering means to him. 
  • On this day: IBM brand is born

    Sarah Botterill | 10 Feb 2021
    The name IBM turns 97 years old this Valentine’s Day (14 February 2021). It was on this day the name became IBM having been known previously as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, founded 110 years ago.IBM invented much of the technology we use today and also gave birth to AbilityNet. 
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