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Anchor
Into the New Millennium with the CYBERSENIORS
Introducing Information Technology to Senior Citizens
Who Are we?
Iris, Irene, Dave, Doris, Harry.
How did we start?
a lot of things came together in 1998 ...
 | Portslade Community College IT projects |
| Virtual Festival in Brighton |
| BBC Computers Don’t Bite campaign |
| Anchor’s Local Service Network |
… this took time!
What have we been doing?
all of us:
| word-processing |
| spreadsheets |
| ClipArt and WordArt |
| PowerPoint |
| Customising settings |
some of us:
| greetings cards |
| posters |
| databases |
| mailmerge |
| Internet and email |
| PaintBrush |
What are we doing now?
| Helping other people to learn. |
| Learning more ourselves through teaching others. |
| Keeping up with the grandchildren. |
| Overtaking Children. |
| Surprising them all ! |
| Removing fear of new technology. |
| Challenging Ageism. |
| Keeping our minds active! |
What plans do we have for the future?
| Moving to a permanent venue. |
| Outreach work. |
| Drop-in Sessions. |
| Internet and e-mail facilities - access to local information |
We'd like to thank for their support...
| Anchor Trust |
| Brighton and Hove Council - Community Education Dept. |
| NIACE |
| Portslade Community College |
| Andy Blake |
| Catherine Sauzier |
| Jackie Summerville |
