Our learners come from a wide variety of backgrounds and find a huge range of uses for their new skills. Here are a few of our learners.
Alice, 82, lives in Camden and learnt with UCanDoIT:
Alice was born in Bow in East London. “Strokes have left me house bound with limited mobility and I am in pain all of the time. I am also visually impaired.
During the war I was a bus conductress (Clippie) on the Trolley Buses. For the rest of my working life I was a secretary mainly temping as I enjoyed the variety.
Mary of Port Talbot had this to say about the UCanDoIT course:
“UCanDoIT is brilliant! It has opened up another world for me.
Before starting the course, my computer skills were basic to say the least. My biggest problem was confidence. I was afraid that I would damage the computer or get myself into trouble online with my lack of understanding of online facilities.
It was great being able to do the course from my own home, on my own computer, as doing a community computer course wouldn’t have been suitable due to my catalogue of health problems.
Marianne, aged 63, who learnt with UCanDoIT:
“I did not know how to use a computer and Jaws (screen reading) software before I started on the UCanDoIT course. I must admit, I was quite nervous at first, thinking it would be too overwhelming to learn. But once I got started, I was hooked and could not wait to learn more!
Bebe Lorna Walker (pictured), aged 81 recently finished the UCanDoIT course. Originally from New Zealand she came to live and work in London 55 years ago.
About 12 years ago Bebe was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) a progressive disease that makes it hard to breathe.
Bebe wanted to find out more about computers and how they could improve her life. Her wish was to be able to email friends and family and to look on the Internet for information on geography, languages and peoples. The Internet allows her to travel to places “virtually”.
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