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DOTs Celebrate Three Years of Innovation
Posted on 20 July 2012 11:43
On 12th July the ‘Making IT Personal: Joining the DOTs’ Programme celebrated three years of helping people to get online in South Yorkshire, supported by the European Social Fund. Phil Coppard, former Chief Executive of Barnsley Council, introduced and chaired the event. Phil advocated the original Making IT Personal vision for South Yorkshire that led [...]
DOTs in Madrid for the final MITP study trip
Posted on 29 May 2012 12:28
A group of 23 DOTs travelled to Madrid for the 3rd and final MITP study trip, following earlier visits to Malta and Athens. Jaitek Having arrived late on Monday night, the group met for a briefing in the hotel’s seminar room on Tuesday morning, followed by a presentation from Jaitek, the company who provided our [...]
Sheffield College DOTs launch Game2Engage
Posted on 07 May 2012 23:00
Game2Engage is an offshoot from MITP running in the Sheffield College among students on the iMedia course. It aims to mentor fellow students with disabilities through digital gaming equipment – using the Xbox 360 with Kinect peripheral and the Nintendo Wii - to assist in their physical and mental development. It also aims to establish a mentor [...]
DOTs see volunteering schemes at work in visit to Greece
Posted on 14 March 2012 08:07
A party of eight from the South Yorkshire ‘Making IT Personal: Joining the DOTs’ digital mentoring scheme, known as the DOTs scheme, travelled to Athens in January to learn from similar volunteer programmes in Greece. The study visit was particularly focused on exchanging information on how IT can help people into employment. Digital Outreach Trainer [...]
DOTs head for Athens
Posted on 16 January 2012 10:57
The 2nd DOT study visit will be to Athens from January 16-20th 2012. The purpose of the visit is to look at Employability Support Programmes in the host country, see whether they can be transferred to the UK and what lessons we can learn. Over the three days we plan to look at: the overall [...]
