Today GTT and Northfield Community celebrate a very successful Year, helping the Community Center user to be more confident with their Technology.
A year in which, we have been able to impart Technological and practical knowledge to the community users, to help the connect, communicate and safe money online.
From the Northfield Community Center, we would like to say a big thank you to all who helped and contributed for this project to become a reality.
David, a regular attendee at the weekly drop-in, gave me a big smile, as we started chatting. He’s been attending the weekly computer sessions at the Lincoln Green Community Centre for around six months.
He came along to the sessions for help to ‘get to know’ his new Apple Mac laptop. Having previously owned an older Apple computer, he thought it would be similar, but told me “they are as different as me and you!”
He warmly credits the tutors at the centre for their help and tuition. He now feels much more skilled and confident in using his laptop.
He mainly uses it for photography, to edit and save photographs, which is his life-long hobby. He began taking photos as a teenager with a Box Camera, which had only eight exposures on a film! He likens this older technology to a Mini whereas, he says, “digital photography is a Rolls Royce.” In the past he was employed as a wedding photographer. He also enjoyed taking pictures of stamps but says this activity belongs to a bygone era, people aren’t as interested in stamps anymore. Now his favourite subjects are landscapes, flowers and insects.
Another compelling reason for David to attend the sessions is the sense of community at the centre. He tells me that it’s a welcoming atmosphere where he’s made friendly acquaintances, is greeted with a cup of tea as soon as he arrives and buys a cheap lunchtime meal.
The GTT LAB is moving to it’s New Location and because of it, is going to be temporarily closed during the month of August 2019.
We will be fully operational on the 6th of September 2019.
“With the help of the GTT Lab, I took apart my old computer, retrieved valued photographs and restored it to health!
It had laid abandoned behind the sofa for years – an old desktop with an outdated edition of Windows, gathering dust.
I was helped to repair it myself, this included unscrewing the back, blowing out the dust and ensuring things were able to work. It was the first time I’d ever looked inside a computer and there was a lot of dust in mine! “
“Not only did I repair it, but I came away being able to identify the major parts inside and feeling like I’d learnt something. I truly believe that learning new things is so important for our wellbeing and confidence – at any age. I love the inclusive nature of GTT and their belief that anyone can learn with the right support.
My next mission is to update the operating system – with help of course.
Watch this space!! “
