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Household energy saving tips

Household energy saving tips

Household energy saving tips We are all trying to save energy and keep costs down in these tough times. You are probably aware of most of the energy saving strategies laid out below, but it doesn’t do any harm to have a look through and see if there are any other...
You are still you …

You are still you …

Greta Gurklyte, Project Administrator It has taken a lot of time for me to admit to myself that I have acquired a disability and five years ago there is no way I thought I’d be writing this but let’s start at the beginning … I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis...
Online connections can be ‘real’ connections

Online connections can be ‘real’ connections

Hayley Millar, Digital Inclusion Trainer Working as a Digital Inclusion Trainer within the ONSIDE Project I often find that people are quite dismissive of social media as a means of forming connections. They don’t want to communicate through a screen; they want to...
What if I break it?

What if I break it?

Colin Patton , Digital Inclusion Trainer “What if I break it?” “I’m not confident” “No-one takes the time to show me how”.  These are the usual phrases we hear from our ONSIDE participants prior to starting their digital training programme. As Digital Inclusion...
All young people have the right to thrive

All young people have the right to thrive

Clare Bennett, Peer Research Co-ordinator Since 2020 I have worked with the ONSIDE project supporting disabled people who are experiencing social isolation. I am also the mum of a young autistic adult who faces similar challenges to social opportunities that our...
I always argue that most people need to get out more

I always argue that most people need to get out more

Nigel Flynn, Peer Volunteer, ONSIDE Project   Once upon a time … when I still worked in the public sector, there was a much-used phrase, “social depravation”. I remember having to explain to one lady from Ballymoney who didn’t appreciate her community being...