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Amanda was over the moon on receiving her mini tablet compliments of #FutureDotNow and #GoodThingsFoundation. This provides Amanda with a way to reach out to friends and family and to continue her learning outcomes. Without support Amanda would have continued to be disenfranchised as a result of digital poverty.
Blogging is our focus and connecting with others with a disability is encouraged. But we do try to peer support where individuals experience difficulties that by working together can find solutions together. A consequence of our Digital Befriending Scheme is that we are able to foster happy relationships between our members thereby increase social circles of support. Our drop in centre is usually a hive of activity but the current state of emergency dictates that all our support is online. This situation is important, but we never loose sight of a social goals of getting people online to offline community participation. 
The Dep’t of Education has launched its Digital Skills Tool Kit aimed at home working. Park View Centre is a registered Online Centre with access to this suite of learning programmes and can support learners in many aspects of maximising efficient home working using digital processes. To get in touch with us you can find out more via our website Online Support Or you can email office@parkviewproject.org.uk
Update from Good Things Foundation about how we extend digital befriending to our community of disabled and older residents:
Park View Project will help you where we can and what we don’t know, we can find out. Please be aware we are not an IT support service nor do we undertake technical maintenance. But don’t hesitate to contact us if you encounter problems with geting your home online set up. 
Alongside our in-house online courses introducing digital processes to those who are elderly and disabled , we also have a highly interactive learning tool based on adopting the perspective of a journalist. The course is staged covering all aspects of using digital including basic communication skills and personal development. It involves taking on an assignment where you produce a story, feature or article about something happening in your local community. It could be an event, introducing a support group, a local neighbourhood initiative or anything as long as it is legal, decent, honest and truthful.
To help you with gathering all the material from interviews and editing you can call on our volunteer Online Chum Mentors to help you in your endeavour. This is a free course and one we hope participants will not just enjoy but find inclusive to their learning.
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