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GOLDEN IT AWARD SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Cork man Philip O’Donovan was the winner of the Golden There was also a Special Recognition Award for Getting
IT Award. Every morning, at 7.30, more than a hundred Started tutor Nicholas Simms who has trained more than
people in Ireland, the United States, Australia, the 50 learners and recently learned how to use specialist
Netherlands and Britain wake to a ‘thought for the day’ software to teach an older blind man how to use a
email message from Philip. computer.
He has also used his computer to write a book about
a local specialist school for children with complex The awards ceremony was kindly hosted by Dublin City
disabilities – the Lavanagh Centre – and still does the University, which became the first age-friendly university
taxes for family members and his local church as well as in 2012, leading a global initiative.
designing his own greeting cards using old family photos.
Philip’s Most Visited sites online include: Getting Started
Revenue.ie, (for taxation information and filing tax
returns) Amazon.ie and The Book Depository (Ordering Age Action’s Getting Started programme, funded
books) Iarnroid Eireann, (Train Seat reservations), Aer by the Department of Communications, Energy and
Lingus (Flight information), Everyman Palace (Theatre Natural Resources is at the heart of its efforts to help
reservations), 123INK.ie. (Good value for printer inks and get old people online.
stationery)
IT TUTOR(S) OF THE YEAR AWARD Through a network of volunteers, businesses, schools
and community partners the organisation provides
one-to-one computer training to around 4,000 older
people every year and since 2006 an estimated
27,000 people have graduated from the training.
Pat Power from Waterford was the winner of the IT Tutor “Getting Started is hugely successful,” continued
of the Year Award, which recognises the efforts of the Justin Moran. “It enables people to learn at their own
hundreds of people across Ireland who volunteer with Age pace and to focus on the things that they want to
Action’s computer training programme, Getting Started. learn, what will be most useful to them in their own
Pat has coordinated 15 courses in Waterford, recruiting lives”.
learners and new volunteers along the way.
If anyone is interested in signing up for a course they
can contact us at 01 475 6989. We’re also always
looking for volunteers because without them we
literally wouldn’t have a programme at all.
210 Active Retirement Ireland www.activeirl.ie
GOLDEN IT AWARD SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Cork man Philip O’Donovan was the winner of the Golden There was also a Special Recognition Award for Getting
IT Award. Every morning, at 7.30, more than a hundred Started tutor Nicholas Simms who has trained more than
people in Ireland, the United States, Australia, the 50 learners and recently learned how to use specialist
Netherlands and Britain wake to a ‘thought for the day’ software to teach an older blind man how to use a
email message from Philip. computer.
He has also used his computer to write a book about
a local specialist school for children with complex The awards ceremony was kindly hosted by Dublin City
disabilities – the Lavanagh Centre – and still does the University, which became the first age-friendly university
taxes for family members and his local church as well as in 2012, leading a global initiative.
designing his own greeting cards using old family photos.
Philip’s Most Visited sites online include: Getting Started
Revenue.ie, (for taxation information and filing tax
returns) Amazon.ie and The Book Depository (Ordering Age Action’s Getting Started programme, funded
books) Iarnroid Eireann, (Train Seat reservations), Aer by the Department of Communications, Energy and
Lingus (Flight information), Everyman Palace (Theatre Natural Resources is at the heart of its efforts to help
reservations), 123INK.ie. (Good value for printer inks and get old people online.
stationery)
IT TUTOR(S) OF THE YEAR AWARD Through a network of volunteers, businesses, schools
and community partners the organisation provides
one-to-one computer training to around 4,000 older
people every year and since 2006 an estimated
27,000 people have graduated from the training.
Pat Power from Waterford was the winner of the IT Tutor “Getting Started is hugely successful,” continued
of the Year Award, which recognises the efforts of the Justin Moran. “It enables people to learn at their own
hundreds of people across Ireland who volunteer with Age pace and to focus on the things that they want to
Action’s computer training programme, Getting Started. learn, what will be most useful to them in their own
Pat has coordinated 15 courses in Waterford, recruiting lives”.
learners and new volunteers along the way.
If anyone is interested in signing up for a course they
can contact us at 01 475 6989. We’re also always
looking for volunteers because without them we
literally wouldn’t have a programme at all.
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