Session dates and times

You can request to book a 45 minute slot at any of the sessions by filling in our online form or calling (01226) 773555. If you'd like to attend at a library not listed, just let us know your preferred location when you contact us.

Course dates and times

You can request to book a place at any of the courses by filling in our online form or calling (01226) 773555.

Case study: Athersley Cares

Here's what Lorraine, project manager at Athersley Cares, said about working with our digital champions:

"Athersley Cares works on various initiatives and activities for children, families and the elderly residents of Athersley, New Lodge and Smithies area of Barnsley.

As part of our work we support a regular meeting of elderly members from the community. Through discussions it became clear to us that they had little or no experience of using the internet or social media, but told us they'd like to learn about it.

I contacted the digital champions who were more than happy to attend one of the meetings to introduce themselves and their service.

A four week programme was developed which included:

• emailing
• shopping on line
• social media
• online security
• online Barnsley Council services, which included library services

Feedback after each session was extremely positive with everyone saying they had learned something and confidence had grown when using the internet. Numbers attending each session were maintained, and new people joined throughout the programme.

I feel that the group will access Barnsley Council online services and I will have a laptop available at their meetings from now on to make sure they can do this. The group have also said that they would like the digital champions to return in the future. 

I would like  to thank the digital champions for a really interesting course and already myself and the group have told other groups about this service. I look forward to working with them again in the future."