A new video guide from Greater Manchester Combined Authority and The Good Things Foundation aims to get more older people online and benefitting from ‘doing digital’ in later life.
The authority’s research suggests that in Greater Manchester alone 93,000 over 75s are digitally excluded, with a third never having used the internet. Support and guidance from someone close to them can be vital to getting online or using digital devices
The authority first teamed up with the foundation in spring 2022 to produce a brand-new resource, ‘Doing Digital in Later Life: a practical guide’. The guide is designed for anyone from relatives and friends to carers and front-line workers to help them get started and support someone they know to do digital in later life.
The newly launched animated video version of the guide will be another tool individuals and organisations can use to support older people in their digital journey. Organisations like Citizens Advice Manchester already use the existing online guide to support older clients to build their confidence online.
