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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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,
Spreading the Word As part of the national Spring Online initiative and the local Get Middleton Online Initiative members of the Lighthouse Project team and Groundworks dropped in to the Middleton Arena to provide some advice and support to the members of Middleton Heartline about how easy it is to
Spring Online with Silver Surfers’ Day (16-20 May) 4 weeks to go and counting! There are just four weeks to go until Spring Online with Silver Surfers’ Day, we will be running a number of events at the Lighthouse as a part of the national campaign that aims to get older people using computers
It’s official – being online makes you happy! On Monday, we released some research that again links being online with being happy – and what better way to encourage your learners to take their first leap with computers and the internet! Our survey discovered that 87% of people thought their
Mike Lloyd is one of our long standing volunteers who has been working with us even before our centre was opened in the Warwick Mill, in fact he helped quite a bit when we were converting the premises from a derelict warehouse to a friendly community drop-in centre. When opened
