Opening the door
to the digital world.

The dig-it solution

Dig-IT has been carefully designed as a solution for seniors requiring assistance to access technology and support to build digital skills. This program is ideally suited to older adults who will benefit from learning basic, essential digital literacy skills such as connecting to Wi-Fi, tablet gestures, using the camera, and accessing email and the internet.

If you are an eligible organization (Care Homes, Seniors Centres, Community Centres, Charitable organization etc.) you can apply to become a partner and receive the program on behalf of low-income seniors that you serve.

The dig-it solution

What you need to know:

If your application is approved, it will take approximately 4 weeks to coordinate participant intake and delivery of devices.

We do most of the heavy lifting – but we require your support for participant intake, device delivery, testimonial collection, program close-out, and evaluation. We can offer a small administrative stipend for this assistance.

General program duration is 6 months. Please make sure the participants you have in mind are prepared for this commitment.

Your organization will be asked to confirm that seniors who would participate in the program are low income.

You must apply on behalf of participants in increments of 4.

You can apply for a maximum of 20 participants at this time.

While we are working to translate our materials and make Dig-IT available in more languages, currently the online courses are only available in English.

We ask that you identify volunteers in your network who are interested in becoming a Digital Coach for your community and others. This keeps our program growing and allows us to help more seniors cross the digital divide.

Please note that HelpAge Canada makes an effort to assess and award applications ensuring equal representation throughout Canada.

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If you are a community organization that knows seniors who would benefit from this program please apply below:

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

All questions with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.
After 20 minutes of inactivity on an application the page will time-out and any information entered during this session will be lost and you will have to start over.

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