Get Online Week
Coventry Libraries are hosting events across Coventry this year for Get Online Week, the UK’s biggest annual digital inclusion campaign, run by Good Things Foundation
During the week of 16 - 22 October, we will be hosting free digital skills events to help more people to get online safely, confidently, and affordably.
Why is Get Online Week important?
Source: Good Things Foundation
- 2.9 billion people are digitally excluded worldwide (ITU, 2021)
- 10.2 million people lack the basic digital skills needed to use the internet (Lloyds Consumer Digital Index, 2022)
- 6.9 million people in the UK will remain digitally excluded if nothing is done to help them (Cebr, 2018)
- 1 in 5 people have stopped using products or services because they’re only available online
- Three quarters of people would feel cut off from society if they didn’t have access to the internet
Events
Saturday 14 October 2023
| Event | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| BorrowBox e-book and e-audiobook taster | 2pm - 3pm | Allesley Park Library |
Monday 16 October 2023
| Event | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Learn My Way: digital skills | 11am - 12noon | Coundon Library |
| Conversation Cafe with digital games | 1pm - 2pm | Jubilee Crescent Library |
| BorrowBox e-book and e-audiobook taster | 2.30pm - 3.30pm | Central Library |
| Learn My Way: digital skills | 5pm - 6pm | Willenhall Library |
Tuesday 17 October 2023
| Event | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Conversation Cafe with digital games | 11am - 12noon | Foleshill Library |
| Learn My Way: digital skills | 1.30pm - 2.30pm | Jubilee Crescent Library |
Wednesday 18 October 2023
| Event | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Family History Help | 10.30am - 12noon | Central Library |
Thursday 19 October 2023
| Event | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 10am - 12noon | Foleshill Library |
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 11am - 1pm | Central Library |
| Conversation Cafe with digital games | 11.45am - 12.45pm | Bell Green Library |
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 4pm - 6pm | Bell Green Library |
| Online Chess | 4.30pm - 5.30pm | Jubilee Crescent Library |
Friday 20 October 2023
| Event | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Conversation Cafe with digital games | 10am - 11am | Central Library |
| Family History Help | 10am - 11am | Willenhall Library |
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 2pm - 4pm | Central Library |
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 4pm - 6pm | Foleshill Library |
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 4pm - 6pm | Stoke Library |
| BorrowBox e-book and e-audiobook taster | 5pm - 6pm | Jubilee Crescent Library |
Saturday 21 October 2023
| Event | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 10am - 12noon | Bell Green Library |
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 10am - 12noon | Stoke Library |
| Life in the UK Test Go Citizen digital resource | 11am - 12noon | Foleshill Library |
| Fighting Fake News with games | 11.30am - 1.30pm | Stoke Library |
| Virtual Reality and Immersive Audio | 1.30pm - 3.30pm | Central Library |
| Fighting Fake News with games | 2.30pm - 3.30pm | Aldermoor Library |
You can find these events listed alongside all Coventry Libraries and Information Service events.