Returning to learn about computers

by Jane Aitchison

South Lanarkshire UNISON is proud to continue its backing for the highly successful Return to Learn IT programme in 2010.

This is a joint initiative from the UNISON branch and South Lanarkshire Council delivered by by the Workers Education Association.

The course is about giving people who don’t normally use computers as part of their work a chance to get up-to-date with IT so they too can join the electronic age.

147 people from different work backgrounds, including roads workers, laundry assistants and home carers, have benefited from the course over the last six years. A new course is currently ongoing, and recruitment for the next one is under way.

Stewart Strang, UNISON member and a very new activist, completed the course last November.

Stewart, a Residential Worker at the Hillhouse Children’s Unit in Hamilton, said, “Everyone really enjoyed it. It was very positive, giving people the confidence they needed. “I am actually dyslexic and avoided using a computer at all costs. But it’s been excellent - a phonemenal saving, especially with spell check and the ability to change things easily. “I won’t think twice about using a computer in future.”

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