Monday, November 14, 2011

Community Voluntary Services Tendring based in Clacton is celebrating having been awarded a year’s free internet connection through BT Community Connections.  The award scheme which is part of BT’s Get IT Together campaign, offers charitable and community organisations who help, or want to help their local community get online, the chance to apply for 12 months’ free BT Broadband.

The judges were impressed by CVS Tendring’s ideas of how they intend to assist more people in their area to use the internet.  Currently they run 2 weekly sessions, Silver Surfers Club and IT for the Terrified, which have proved a big success helping beginners to take the first steps towards using computers and the internet in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. 

Brenda Ellis, CVST Chairman said: “We’re so pleased to have been recognised by BT Community Connections and the year’s free broadband is just fantastic.  We’re very excited about the new IT training sessions that will begin in the New Year.”

Simon Paul, BT Community Investment Manager, said: “This scheme is an important part of the BT’s Get IT Together programme to make the benefits of the internet available to as many organisations as possible.  There are still nine million people in the UK who have never used the internet and BT Community Connections is one of the steps that BT is taking to reduce this number and we are really excited about it.”