Advice and Guidance service at The Zacchaeus Project are now open for all referrals. The referral criteria are open to any person aged 50+, and their carers who are a resident of Tower Hamlets and/ or Hackney.
The Zacchaeus Project are running the Advice and Guidance service at our Bethnal Green community centre on Monday, Wednesday to Friday between the hours of 10 am to 4 pm, with a drop-in only service at Bow Road Methodist Church every Tuesday between the hours of 10 am to 3 pm.
They are also running a basic I.T. workshop every Wednesday between the hours of 1 pm to 3 pm which will be at the Bethnal Green Methodist Church. The I.T. Workshop aims to empower and build members confidence in the following areas.
- How to use a laptop, computer, and smartphone confidently
- How to switch a laptop and computer on/ off, use the trackpad and mouse and understand the basic function of these devices
- How to access the internet, use the search tabs to access local services and information
- How to create an email account, use the email facilities to send/ retrieve and add attachments
- How to use Zoom and the camera function
- and much more
Additional to this, they are running a Community Internet Café every Friday between the hours of 10 am to 1 pm at the Bethnal Green Methodist Church and the aims of the Community Internet Café are.
- For members to bring any paperwork they would like to complete online with soft support within the allotted timeframe
- This is to promote independency through encouraging member to accomplish day-to-day task by accessing the internet with soft support
- To encourage members to access the internet to book their online appointments, write appeal letters apply for benefits, create/ update a CV, apply for employment, complete all housing related task and complete online forms
- To give members a sense of independency to complete task they would not be able to do due to having no internet service in their home
- Provide a warm space to interact with like-minded peers whilst accomplishing I.T. related task