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UCanDoIT Tutor is IT Trainer of the Year

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.

UCanDoIT Staff Put the "Fun" into Fun Run

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.

UCanDoIT Wins TalkTalk Award

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.

Featured Learners

Irene, 61, from Bridgend, Wales who learnt with UCanDoIT:

"As a practicing nurse of 35 years, I suddenly found myself having to retire due to an injury resulting in the loss of about 70% of my vision. At this point I had no computer skills of any kind, and was reliant on other people to help me to stay in contact with friends and family.

I heard about UCanDoIT through the social services department and I was very reluctant at first to pursue this option, because of my total computer illiteracy.

After being introduced to Trina, who was to become my personal tutor, my outlook changed, and my life now benefits greatly from my newly acquired computer skills, such as email and the Internet. I am now proficient in using not only the computer but also a magnifying package, which makes this all possible. (read more)

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