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The Web for Writers – Wed 30th May

Learn how the web can help your writing Are you a writer, or interested in creative writing, then this free session is for you. You can learn how the internet can help you with your craft – from web sites that can give you inspiration, to sites where you can

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Spring online with us!

We provide free beginners courses to help you learn computing & the internet. These courses are running all the time whenever the centre is open, Monday to Friday between 10am – 4pm. Spring online is a national campaign to highlight the use of computers and to let people know where

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Learn how to play guitar

 Back by popular demand Come along to our free guitar taster session on Wednesday 29th February 2012 between 2pm – 4pm. So, if you would like to learn how to play guitar, or you just want to brush up on a few techniques and get some support from our guitar

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1940’s themed Cooking

   1940’s wartime event As part of the Go-On New Year New online you we are holding a 1940’s themed health and cooking demonstration on FRIDAY 24th FEB – 10 -12.00 at THE LIGHTHOUSE PROJECT 40’s themed cooking demonstrations and recipes            Drop in for tea and coffee and a taste

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Middleton Work Club on Facebook

Work Club Facebook page If you have signed up to ‘Like’ the Lighthouse Project on Facebook and are currently looking for work we also have a ‘Middleton Work Club’ page where we will be putting useful information about job hunting and any new job leads that we get, etc. If

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Learning how to integrate

Hi, I’m just learning how to integrate our web site posts with twitter and facebook. If we have got it right you should be able to see this message on each of our feeds. Carl

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Get online Middleton – taster sessions

The Lighthouse Project is working in partnership with a local campaign called Get online Middleton, which is a network of local community groups and organisations from Middleton that promote the use of the internet, and provide support for people to learn basic computer skills. As part of Get online week

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Give an Hour – Inspire someone to go online

Drop in at the Lighthouse for Get online Week – Starts Monday 31st October See who you can inspire! Inspire someone you know to go online Famous faces show us how they explore their passions online. Click a link to go to the BBC Give an Hour campaign site.  

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Age is no barrier to getting online – hear Jim’s story

Jim Catterson, 79, is a recenlty retired auctioneer who never thought that he would get to grips with using a computer or the internet. His family are all confident at using computers and his son is even a CEO of a large computer company, but it was his granddaughter using her computer

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Get online week – 30 Oct – 6 November

Get online week This year, Get online week takes place from 30 October to 6 November, and it’s all about giving an hour, or spending an hour… With the clocks going back on Sunday 30 October, everyone across the UK has a spare hour – and we want them to

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New Lighthouse Facebook Page

We now have a new facebook page for the Lighthouse Project so that we can keep our visitors and volunteers informed about what we are up to. To use the page just go to – www.facebook.com/LighthouseProjectM24 and once on the page you can click the LIKE button anf then you

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Go-On, come and have a go at getting online

July sees the national launch of the new Go-On web site [go-on.co.uk] which is aimed at helping people to get more out of life online. There are nine million people in the UK who have never used a computer, don’t have access to one, or don’t know how to get online,

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