Digital action deadline extended

ENERGY company E.ON has extended the deadline for Warrington residents to apply for funding from its Digital Action Fund.
Applications will be invited for a further fortnight to ensure local charities and community groups looking to improve digital skills have the opportunity to apply for funding of up to £1,000.
Applications can be made for funding for equipment, resources or a range of techy training covering anything from how to send emails through to applying for jobs online. Priority will be given to projects focused on helping people who find it hard to keep up with new technologies.
The fund is part of E.ON’s involvement with Go ON UK, the UK’s first digital skills alliance, which recently launched a series of activities in the North West, supported by E.ON.
Along with a number of other partners, Go ON UK is aiming to cut the number of people in the North West who do not have basic online skills by 250,000 (25%).
Simon Gilby, digital excellence manager at E.ON, said: “The fund was set up with the aim of enabling and inspiring people to develop their online skills and get plugged in to all the online world has to offer. We’ve now extended the deadline to encourage more Warrington residents to apply to, and benefit from, the Digital Action Fund.
“We get around two million visitors to our website every month, which demonstrates the demand for online services these days. The internet has become an excellent way for us to help our customers use no more energy than they need and pay no more than they need to.
“Yet one in five people still don’t have basic online skills. This fund offers a great opportunity for local organisations to help address that issue head-on with funding that can offer direct help. We’d urge as many organisations to apply as possible”.
The fund is open for applications until Friday September 19.
Interested parties should visit eonenergy.com/digitalchampions to apply and for terms and conditions. Alternatively paper application forms and terms and conditions can be provided by writing to E.ON Digital Action Fund Team, Tangerine Public Relations, Giants Basin, Potato Wharf, Manchester, M3 4NB.