14-20 October is Get Online Week in South Wales

Get Online Week – the UK’s biggest annual campaign to get people using the internet - will take place from 14 - 20 October and people across South Wales will be taking part in activities across the county to mark the event.

Whether you want to get connected, get a job, get healthy or get a bargain, using the internet can make everything quicker and easier. During Get Online Week, people in South Wales can find out how getting online could save them time, hassle and even money. Events will take place across Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil, Torfaen and Rhondda Cynon Taf, designed to encourage people to use IT effectively to search for jobs, save money or stay in contact with friends and family.

The sessions are being run by initiatives across the region with support from Communities 2.0, the Welsh Government’s digital inclusion initiative, which is funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Communities 2.0 Project Director Cathryn Marcus said:

“Getting online is so important these days and is becoming even more so. The sessions during Get Online Week are designed to introduce people to digital technology in a fun way. So even if you’ve always thought the internet is not for you, why not come along and find out what it’s all about. What have you got to lose?”

For more details about activities during Get Online Week, visit http://communities2point0.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/uk-get-online-week-2013 or call 0845 474 8282

Notes to Editors:

List of events by County:

Blaenau Gwent

Wednesday 16/10/13: 9.30 - 12.30 Drop in session Abertillery Library

Friday 18/10/13, 9.30 - 12.30, Drop in session Ebbw Vale Library

Caerphilly

Wednesday 16/10/13: 11 - 1 : Wii tournament: Caerphilly libraries and centres:

Teams: Risca Library, Ashville Nursing Home, Ystrad Mynach Resource Centre, Trecenydd Parent and Toddlers and Cole Court (United Welsh)

Thursday 17/10/13: From 11, Wii tournament part 2, Alexandra Court

Friday 18/10/13 All Day : Digital Fridays Drop in sessions at the following: Bargoed, Blackwood, Caerphilly. Newbridge and Risca libraries.

Merthyr Tydfil

Tuesday 15/10/13: 10 – 12 Drop in Session Merthyr Central Library

Friday 18/10/13: 1-3 Drop in session Merthyr Central Library

Friday 18/10/13: 3 – 4 Drop in session, Dowlais Library

Rhondda Cynon Taf

Monday 14/10/13: 10.30 – 12.30 50 + session , Ton-Pentre Library

Monday 14/10/13: 1 – 3.30 Drop-in session Pontypridd Library

Monday 14/10/13: 10 -12 Basic skills, Treherbert Library

Tuesday 15/10/13: 10:00–12:00 Family History/ drop-in session, Church Village Library

Tuesday 15/10/13: 10:00–12:00 Basic Skills Treherbert Library

Tuesday 15/10/13: 1 – 3 Drop in session Ferndale Library

Tuesday 15/10/13: 10 -12 Drop-in session Ynyshir Library

Wednesday 16/10/13: 10 -12 Drop-in session, Ton Pentre library

Wednesday 16/10/13: 10 .30- 12.30 50 + computer class Aberdare library

Wednesday 16/10/13: 1-3 Drop-in session, Tonypandy library

Thursday 17/10/13: 9 – 12 Basic Skills, Treorchy Library

Friday 18/10/13: 2 – 3 Ancestry – family history, Llantrisant Library

Torfaen

Monday 14/10/13: 09:30-11:30 Drop in Garndiffaith Millennium Hall:

Tuesday 15/10/13: 10:30-12:00 Drop in Parkside Retirement Housing:

Tuesday 15/10/13: 12:30-13:30 Trade That Works, Neon Youth Club, Blaenavon

Wednesday 16/10/13 : 10:00-12:00 Drop in session Thornhill Community Centre

Wednesday 16/10/13: 13:00-15:00 Job Club, Bron Afon Office

Thursday 17/10/13: 12:30-13:30 Sport That Works, Football Factory, Cwmbran.