NS&I supports Race Online: Give an Hour

Over 8 million people in the UK have never used the internet. Race Online is a charitable initiative that has been set up to help get some of these people online for the first time.

Give an Hour is a unique campaign which focuses on encouraging the UK public to make a pledge to transform someone’s life by showing them all the wonderful things about the internet and to be a ‘digital champion’ to those that are unaware of the benefits of being online.

The Give an Hour campaign specifically targets the weekend of 29/30 October when the clocks go back and everyone in Britain gains an hour. Digital champions who are supporting the cause will devote the extra hour they’ve gained to demonstrating some online tasks to someone they know that would benefit from the assistance.

NS&I is proud to support the campaign and we think it is important that the wider population are aware of the range of information and services that exist online.

There are several on and offline initiatives taking place during the run up to 29 October. You can watch a video and find out more about what’s going on by following the links below:

www.go-on.co.uk/giveanhour 

Give an Hour - BBC Videos

www.facebook.com/digitalchampions