Get Online Week
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Coventry Libraries are hosting events across Coventry this year for Get Online Week, the UK’s biggest annual digital inclusion campaign, run by Good Things Foundation
During the week of 16 - 22 October, we will be hosting free digital skills events to help more people to get online safely, confidently, and affordably.
Why is Get Online Week important?
Source: Good Things Foundation
- 2.9 billion people are digitally excluded worldwide (ITU, 2021)
- 10.2 million people lack the basic digital skills needed to use the internet (Lloyds Consumer Digital Index, 2022)
- 6.9 million people in the UK will remain digitally excluded if nothing is done to help them (Cebr, 2018)
- 1 in 5 people have stopped using products or services because they’re only available online
- Three quarters of people would feel cut off from society if they didn’t have access to the internet
Events
Saturday 14 October 2023
Event | Time | Location |
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BorrowBox e-book and e-audiobook taster | 2pm - 3pm | Allesley Park Library |
Monday 16 October 2023
Event | Time | Location |
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Learn My Way: digital skills | 11am - 12noon | Coundon Library |
Conversation Cafe with digital games | 1pm - 2pm | Jubilee Crescent Library |
BorrowBox e-book and e-audiobook taster | 2.30pm - 3.30pm | Central Library |
Learn My Way: digital skills | 5pm - 6pm | Willenhall Library |
Tuesday 17 October 2023
Event | Time | Location |
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Conversation Cafe with digital games | 11am - 12noon | Foleshill Library |
Learn My Way: digital skills | 1.30pm - 2.30pm | Jubilee Crescent Library |
Wednesday 18 October 2023
Event | Time | Location |
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Family History Help | 10.30am - 12noon | Central Library |
Thursday 19 October 2023
Event | Time | Location |
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Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 10am - 12noon | Foleshill Library |
Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 11am - 1pm | Central Library |
Conversation Cafe with digital games | 11.45am - 12.45pm | Bell Green Library |
Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 4pm - 6pm | Bell Green Library |
Online Chess | 4.30pm - 5.30pm | Jubilee Crescent Library |
Friday 20 October 2023
Event | Time | Location |
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Conversation Cafe with digital games | 10am - 11am | Central Library |
Family History Help | 10am - 11am | Willenhall Library |
Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 2pm - 4pm | Central Library |
Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 4pm - 6pm | Foleshill Library |
Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 4pm - 6pm | Stoke Library |
BorrowBox e-book and e-audiobook taster | 5pm - 6pm | Jubilee Crescent Library |
Saturday 21 October 2023
Event | Time | Location |
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Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 10am - 12noon | Bell Green Library |
Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 10am - 12noon | Stoke Library |
Life in the UK Test Go Citizen digital resource | 11am - 12noon | Foleshill Library |
Fighting Fake News with games | 11.30am - 1.30pm | Stoke Library |
Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 1.30pm - 3.30pm | Central Library |
Fighting Fake News with games | 2.30pm - 3.30pm | Aldermoor Library |
You can find these events listed alongside all Coventry Libraries and Information Service events.