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There are currently 6.4 million people aged over 65 who have never used the internet and are missing out on all the benefits it offers.
With an increasing number of products, discounts and government services made available only online, it’s important we ensure older people can also access these benefits. Join us in helping 10,000 technology novices to cross the digital divide by hosting an event during itea and biscuits week!
If you need help planning your event(s), we have developed a guide full of useful tips and information.
Read our guide
Between now and September we will be adding new resources to this page to help support you in planning and running events during itea and biscuits week.
Already have plan and just want to get started? Register your event(s) to access FREE promotional materials and information packs for participants. Details of all registered events will be available to the public online from August. Please note for any event registrations received after the 15th of September we cannot guarentee free materials will be received before itea and biscuits week.
Our itea and biscuits week e-newsletter contains useful information about new resources we're producing - email or call us on 0800 169 8787 to sign up to receive this.
If so, then why not consider joining our Digital Inclusion Network? The Network is a UK-wide membership programme that supports local community projects delivering digital inclusion for older people in the UK. The benefits of membership include:
For more information, about the Network, please email diginetwork@ageuk.org.uk
Then perhaps our frequently asked questions page for itea and biscuits week event-holders might help, looking at the benefits of digital inclusion, and how itea and biscuits week works.
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Downloads
A download is a document (like a research report, a leaflet, or an application form) that can be transferred from our website to your computer. You can download a file, view it on your screen, print it, or save it to your computer.
PDF stands for ‘portable document format’.
Most downloads on this website are PDFs. We use this format to ensure that the document looks the same on everyone’s computer (website pages, by contrast, appear differently depending on how people have set their computer up).
Computers use a program called Adobe Acrobat Reader to download PDFs. If you try clicking on a link to download a PDF and it doesn’t work, you will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader onto your computer.
The process is quite straightforward and is free.
PDFs cannot be changed. If you need to be able to type into a downloaded document (for example, if we are offering a letter template that you need to put your name on) we will provide it as a Microsoft Word document rather than a PDF. You can then download it, type into it and save it to your computer.
Downloads will open on your computer in a new browser window.
Inside this window (below all your web browser menus), there will be a toolbar with options for you to print or save the document.
Close the browser window to return to the Age UK website.
We have made every effort to make our PDFs accessible to screen readers. Here is an overview of your accessibility options available in Acrobat Reader. Please ensure that you have downloaded the latest version of Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Reader website to ensure that they are included in your version of the programme.
You can use Adobe Reader to read a PDF out loud with the following shortcut keys:
You can also convert a PDF into a web page by following these steps:
You can convert a PDF document into a text file for use with other software and hardware such as Braille printers by opening the PDF and choosing ‘Save as text’ from the File menu.
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