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We’re in NW Sutherland to help get IT into the heart of the community

• Using email to stay in touch

• Keeping in touch with family

• Training and education

• Finding public services

Supported by

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Farr High School: 93 PupilsKinlochbervie: 62 Pupils

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Creating a digital culture

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Finding folk!

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The fun part…Online dating…. The Skibo Girls…YouTube… the Dancing PonyKnitting patterns… Guerilla knittingCricket… JohnCooking… Maribelle’s Pickled Tongue

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TwitterFiction

Empty throne, alone, ruined dress,Forgotten damsel, delightful distress.There is no armoured angel, I am no princess#twitterfiction

Went to the Learning Centre. Thought it was a different course. I'm the only guy looking for the emergency exit. #twitterfiction

I've escaped, alone at last, driving past fields of lambs and calves. I am off to hit the shops. #twitterfiction #adultlearningweek

I'm too young to die!I'll get the money another way. She leapt,the parachute opened & raised £243 towards research into her mum's illness.

Boy sat in the window waiting for dad. He did not arrive. A solider came &said he would never come &gave him the present he was waiting for.

She said he was her first guest. He said he was the only one. It wasn't a bottle of wine he was hiding behind his back. #twitterfiction

She looked at the birds on the birdtable. This is what my wife is- cold unemotional and hard #twitterfiction #adultlearningweek

Saw purse, trashed old dear, pinched it, scarpered. Purse was empty, he put a fiver in it, knocked on lady's door. Sorry, he said.

They loved him, not me.They walked away.I was alone. I smiled.Tiny feet running back.His toast finished. My turn now. Oh, it's a dog's love.

Young mother could not remember where she put her baby. Had to wait for the baby to cry so she knew where she put it, like a mobile phone

3 menopausal women in a motorhome? Perhaps it was a mistake but they were having so much fun. Martin really was going to have to die (M.Jay)

Esmerelda smiled. She had no idea the rock was a pirate ship. #twitterfiction

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Learner Voices: Video

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New Projects

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Community Capacity Building: Thinking Digitally

“We got off to a flying start just as we were launching our new bus route service. It has been a great help in informing the public of our new service, telling them of days out and the routes, posting our timetables, photos of the new minibus…Thanks you for catapulting us into the 21st Century.”

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Volunteers: Jane’s video

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Get IT Together

North West Sutherland