Mary, 69, of Ealing had her first lesson and became the recipient of our 35,000th lesson.
Mary (pictured with her tutor Ramesh) is originally from Northern Ireland and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis 20 years ago. She relies on her husband for care as she is unable to walk or perform many tasks on her own.
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UCanDoIT has been awarded the status of Accredited Centre of Excellence by the BCS, Chartered Institute for IT.
The recognition follows the work of the charity with blind/visually impaired and deaf/hearing impaired learners on the ITQ. UCanDoIT won a contract to teach 100 learners level 1 and level 2 ITQ over a two year period.
The BCS recognises the work of the charity in creating learning opportunities tailored to the needs of people with disabilities including the creation of a bespoke unit for people using screen readers such as Jaws or Supernova.
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UCanDoIT were invited to give a presentation to the British Computer Society (BCS) Accessibility Achievement Day.
The day follows the Accessibility Awareness Day in 2007, when the charity was awarded the BCS Quality Mark as a Courseware Provider.
The Accessibility Achievement Day took place at the BCS headquarters in Central London and celebrated the accessibility achievements associated with BCS qualifications.
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UCanDoIT was one of 30 of the UK’s most exciting charity projects chosen to win one of theTalkTalk Awards, run in partnership with UK digital inclusion charity Citizens Online.
The awards are given to organisations that best demonstrate how they use technology in an innovative way. UCanDoIT received a grant of £2,000 to help fund this particular project. The Awards are designed to help groups make the most of the internet by encouragingapplications for investment in PCs, hardware, software or technical expertise.
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Team UCanDoIT, consisting of 10 women from the charity's head office and some tutors took part in the Adidas Women's 5K Challenge on the 6 September 2009.
Deciding to put the Fun into the Fun Run the team all wore vivid orange wigs in keeping with the charity's logo. This included Guide Dog Cally sporting an orange ribbon.
The team completed the course in a reasonable time of just one hour and funds raised from this should amount to almost £2,000. This will be used to provide training for students in the near future.
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David Brown, who is based in Merseyside, has won the prestigious APM Group IT Trainer of the Year organised by the British Computer Society(BCS).
David lost his sight and right hand in a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia in December 2000. He spent 3 years rehabilitating and once again learning how to use a computer. He covers the Northwest of the country and specialises in teaching people with visual impairments.
Read more »UCanDoIT have been given approval by the British Computer Society (BCS) to offer students on our Transition to Work project an ITQ unit on screen readers.
ITQ is the NVQ for IT users. It consists of a series of units that can be personalised. This new unit, for blind and visually impaired learners, will be offered at both Level 1 and 2. This means that learners who use software such as Jaws or Supernova to access programmes on their computers can now include their knowledge as part of the qualification.
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