Hackney Silver Surfers

• Keep in touch easily with friends and relatives in all corners of the globe?
• Look for holidays at bargain prices?
• Discover new sources of information for your family history?
• Get easy access to council services and information?
• Learn how to use a digital camera?

These are just a few of the thousands of activities at your fingertips once you're online.

• If you are over 50, living or working in Hackney and would like to get online, Hackney Silver Surfers can help you. We have two drop-in centres with new computers where you can find out all you need to know, and our experienced volunteers are there to give you a friendly hand to get you started. Even better, it's all completely free!
• If you have never used a computer before in your life, you will fit in perfectly. We will prove to you how easy it is to pick up the basics. Hundreds of older beginners have attended our informal training sessions, and are now fluent Internet users. You can learn in your own way, at your own pace, when you feel like it.
• If you already know a little, you can use all the facilities at our drop-in centres — new computers, broadband Internet access, printers, scanners, one-to-one support from experienced staff and volunteers, special adaptive equipment for people with disabilities — it's all free for over-50s.
• Are you thinking of buying a computer to use at home? Visit or email our weekly Silver Surfers Surgery for free, impartial advice on acquiring hardware and software without spending more money than you really have to.
• Are you thinking about getting a formal ICT qualification, but don't know where to start? We can help you find a course suitable for beginners in your age group.
• Do you run an Over-50s club or association in Hackney? Invite a Hackney Silver Surfer worker to give a demonstration to your members. We can visit anywhere in Hackney, and we can bring laptop computers and a projector with us.
• Would you like to utilise your ICT skills to help older people in Hackney? Please visit our volunteers page.
• Many of the older people who might benefit from our services will not see this web site without help. If you have friends, relatives or clients who are over 50, please show them this page or print one of the files on our documents page.
• The core information on this website has been translated into the ten Hackney community languages.

Contact Hackney Silver Surfers at:

• Address: 52 The Lawns, Matthias Rd, N16 8QD.
• Phone: 020 7254 2183.
• Email: info@hackneysilversurfers.org.uk.
• Web form: instant contact.