How the Internet is changing lives, one person at a time – now a total of 2 million and counting …
Although I am (somehow) 68, I continue to work part-time through a portfolio of appointments. One of the most satisfying is my my position as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of the Good Things Foundation (formerly the Tinder Foundation).
This great organisation supports a network of some 5,000 centres UK-wide which supports digital inclusion and participation by providing digital skills to those with no or little knowledge of or confidence in using the Net.
Since the Foundation was spun off from government as a mutual five years ago, it has been involved in the training of some 2 million learners. To mark this milestone, this week an event was held at the iconic BT Tower in central London and I was proud to be in attendance. Following a process of nominations, judges elected 14 people to receive a 2 Millionth Learner Award.
The stories of these 14 amazing women and men are truly inspirational and everyone at the ceremony was genuinely moved to hear how they had changed their own lives and those of others through the use of digital technology.
You can access these short stories here. If you only have time to read one of these stories, check out that of Margaret McDonald whom I sat next to at the ceremony – you’ll find it here.