A special hotline set up to help people get online during the first lockdown is celebrating its first anniversary. Three lockdowns later and the Dorset Digital Hotline has now helped almost 1,000 people. Behind the hotline is a team of dedicated volunteer Digital Champions who were forced to give up their library clinics when lockdown… Read more Dorset’s Digital Hotline celebrates its first birthday
Dorset Council’s Digital Hotline is helping even more people get online thanks to a new arrangement with Age UK North, South & West Dorset. Age UK North, South & West Dorset is now referring its users who need help with any IT issues to the free Hotline. The Hotline is manned by a team… Read more Dorset’s Digital Hotline helping even more people get online
A team of dedicated volunteers is on hand to help hundreds of Dorset residents stay connected during lockdown. Dorset Council’s Digital Champions, who used to hold regular surgeries in libraries, have continued offering their expertise throughout the Coronavirus crisis via the Digital Hotline. Now with another lockdown underway and winter just around the corner, the… Read more Stay better connected during lockdown with Dorset’s Digital Hotline
A highly experienced team of digital volunteers from the Dorset Digital Hotline have been praised for the way they helped a ‘shielding’ couple connect with loved ones and the outside world during the COVID lockdown. The big ‘thank you’ from Wareham residents Arthur and Daniel Brown marks this year’s #LetsTalkLoneliness Week (15-19 June 2020). The… Read more Digital Hotline volunteers ‘do their byte’ to get couple to friends’ 70th birthday party video celebrations.
A telephone hotline set up in response to the COVID-19 lockdown to provide support for people with IT and digital problems of all kinds has received more than 50 calls in the first three weeks. Callers comments show that helping to keep people connected with friends and family during the lockdown makes all the difference.… Read more Dorset Digital Hotline receives over 50 calls in first three weeks
