News Articles

  • Heydi Foster of An Cosán and Patricia Donald of Advice NI.

    Digital Exclusion in Northern Ireland: Access to the Internet is a Human Right

    Wed, 10/30/2024 - 15:22
    Digital Inclusion

    Advice NI Calls for urgent action to combat digital exclusion and protect vulnerable communities.

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    Become a Digital Skills Volunteer

    Mon, 11/20/2023 - 09:56
    Digital Inclusion Volunteer

    Advice NI is seeking to recruit volunteers from rural communities to deliver on a LINK funded project. As part of LINK's access to cash activities, LINK wishes to support and encourage digital inclusion in the UK, including through initiatives with selected groups and individuals.

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    Improve your digital skills

    Mon, 03/27/2023 - 12:19
    Digital Inclusion

    Advice NI have partnered with SENAC to deliver a tailored Digital Skills programme for parents of children with additional needs.

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    Access to the Internet is a Social Justice Issue

    Thu, 02/09/2023 - 12:40
    Digital Inclusion

    Northern Ireland has the highest rate of non-internet users on these islands at 14.7% (Office of National Statistics, 2021. Digital 2021: Ireland).

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    Rights for Carers

    Wed, 09/28/2022 - 15:05
    Digital Inclusion

    Advice NI, in partnership with the Special Educational Needs Advice Centre (SENAC), plan to support carers of children with learning difficulties to become more digitally included enabling them to engage with policy and decision makers and to access their rights and entitlements. Funded by the Department of Health, this project will support carers to learn the digital skills to go online safely and to access their rights and entitlements. We will be sharing more updates on this project in our next edition of Advice Matters.

     

  • Refugee Week

    Refugee Week

    Tue, 06/28/2022 - 16:07
    Refugee Week

    As part of refugee week Advice NI ran an advice session covering everything you need to know about UK government schemes available to Ukrainian nationals. Both for Ukrainian nationals aiming to arrive to NI and for those already living in NI.

  • NEW Advice NI Training calendar 2013

    Thu, 03/31/2016 - 12:14
    Training wiseradviser

    We are delighted to launch our latest training brochure which is packed with lots of new and exciting courses and training programmes.

  • Advice NI’s digital inclusion project wins Aontas Star Award for Ulster and helps older people access over £400,000 in unclaimed benefits

    Sun, 12/20/2015 - 23:08
    Digital Inclusion

    Advice NI has proved that technology isn’t just for the young. The organisation has just won an all-Ireland award for its older person’s digital inclusion project, Supporting Active Engagement, which is funded by Big Lottery Fund.

  • Volunteers Week

    Sun, 12/20/2015 - 23:08
    Volunteer Digital Inclusion

    Volunteers' Week is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank our dedicated group of volunteers who work on the Supporting Active Engagement project.