Not so good with gadgets? Does the ‘D’ word and your\u00a0 smartphone or computer hinder your life rather than help it…<\/p>\n
You aren’t alone.\u00a0 In Dorset at least eight per cent of the population are not online at all and many more struggle with digital technology daily.<\/p>\n
Meet Mandy Greenwood from Shaftesbury who went from being ‘gadget shy’ to a keen ambassador for the Dorset Digital Champion volunteer scheme.\u00a0 Her story is told in the latest news from Listen to Alfred – Life in Shaftesbury<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Dorset Digital Champion Volunteer scheme is free and open to anyone. Just drop in for help and advice and share with friends and family.<\/p>\n To find your local Digital Champion Volunteer call 01305 221048 or visit our website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not so good with gadgets? Does the ‘D’ word and your\u00a0 smartphone or computer hinder your life rather than help it… You aren’t alone.\u00a0 In Dorset at least eight per cent of the population are not online at all and many more struggle with digital technology daily. Meet Mandy Greenwood from Shaftesbury who went from… Read more Shaftesbury’s gadget gurus help Mandy get digitally savvy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[32,31],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/files\/2019\/10\/Alfred.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/digital-first\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}