🧵| DCP & TechMate End of Year Celebration 2024. We had an amazing event yesterday celebrating our Digital Communities Partnership and TechMate volunteers! So many amazing outcomes this year pushing digital inclusion across the borough!. #DigitalWigan

DIGITAL LANDLINE SWITCHOVER EVENT. On 16th July, @bt_uk will join us in Wigan Library to talk about their Digital Voice offer and to alleviate concerns surrounding the landline digital switchover. 10am - 2pm. BT and none BT customers welcome, no booking required!. #DigitalWigan

☕ Need help with your digital device? Head over to The Pavilion in Ashton Jubilee Park for a TechMate Tea Party! A brew, digital support and smile await!. ⏰ 12:00pm until 1pm!.#DigitalWigan

🙏 Our TechMates don't just run and support our excellent Tea Parties. They also provide free ONE TO ONE support. If you know someone who could do with a helping hand with anything digital, refer them into us today with the below form! 👇. #DigitalWigan

👏 Congratulations to the IT Skills Level 2 cohort, who gained their qualification last week. 💻 Our community partners @XyriusUK delivered the course, utilising our brilliant library space. 🤝 A great example of collaboration - well done to all involved!. #DigitalWigan

📣Join the fun at our TechMates Tea Party at Atherton Methodist Church tomorrow!. ☕Alongside their coffee morning - you will find a room full of community, laughter, brews, biscuits and of course - basic digital support!. 🕙10am until 12pm!

📍Join us from 10:30am at our Shevington TechMates Tea Party!. 💻At the Methodist Church until 12pm, get support with digital questions and queries from friendly TechMates!. 🗺️Full list of sessions here - #DigitalWigan

Great drop-in at Greengrass Community Centre today!. TechMates support, Carers info and income max team giving support and chatting to the community!. TechMate Andy is here every Friday 10 until 2!. #DigitalWigan #CarersWeek2025

📍 Our Digital Inclusion Team will be attending the Meadows View Court open day!. ⏰ 18th June, 12pm until 2:30pm! Many support services will be in attendance and happy to support!. #DigitalWigan #Partnerships

Join us and our TechMates at Greengrass Community Centre for the last day of #CarersWeek2025 and the Wigan Borough Carers roadshow!. The Here for You team and @wiganleighcarer team will be on hand to offer support, alongside the usual basic digital support offer!. #DigitalWigan

🚌 Carers Week Roadshow! 🚌. It was great to have @carerswigan join us Friday at Shevington's TechMates Tea Party!. We also had the Income Max team alongside @andysmanclubuk and @WiganLeighCarer colleagues! Supporting residents, together!. #Partnership #CarersWeek #DigitalWigan

RT @ThinkAheadWigan: 🚶‍♂️ Stepping Stones - Week 4 ❤️. 🙏 Yesterday afternoon we welcomed Pauline from @WiganLeighCarer & Zoe from @DigitalW….

💻 TechMate Ola was matched with learner David via our one to one programme. Meeting at a local Library - support and smiles were in large supply!. 🤝 TechMates is person centred, and can be tailored to suit individuals. To refer in - #DigitalWigan

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TechMates wouldn’t exist without you. So here’s to you - our digital champions, our community connectors, our everyday heroes. 💙. Happy Volunteers Week! We hope to see you at a TechMates Tea Party soon! ☕🎉

And your efforts haven’t gone unnoticed - TechMates proudly won the Total Telecom Connected Britain DIGITAL SKILLS AWARD in 2024, a testament to your collective brilliance! 🏆

Your time, compassion, and dedication are helping to build a more digitally inclusive Wigan Borough, one conversation at a time. Your impact is real. From helping someone send their first email to supporting residents in accessing online services, you're the heart of it all.

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 – 𝐀 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬! . To every single volunteer - whether you’ve delivered hundreds of digital support sessions or have just completed your TechMate Digital Champion training - thank you.

RT @ThinkAheadWigan: ❤ #VolunteersWeek 🤗. This week is a special one as we look to give thanks, praise & recognition to all the amazing vol….

For Carers Week, Wigan Borough Carers are on a roadshow for our unpaid carers. They will stop at some TechMate sessions:. 4th June The Globe, Standish, 10am.6th June Shevington Methodist Church, 10:30am.9th June Wigan Library, 11:30am.13th June Greengrass Community Centre, 10am

📍 Have a digital annoyance and hinderance? Want to finally learn how to do something on your device yourself?. ☕ Well head over to The Pavilion in Ashton over at Jubilee Park for a TechMate Tea Party! A brew, digital support and smile await!. ⏰ 12:30pm until 1pm!.#DigitalWigan