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20/20 Trust

Kaupapa / The reason we exist.

A Better Aotearoa New Zealand. Using our skills and experience to foster community well-being.

Te Mahi / The work we do.

Prepare people and equip communities for the digital future. Provide access, skills, confidence and motivation.

Te Tangata / The people we work with.

Through our community partners – reaching out to those who are digitally excluded and hard to reach.

Whanaungataga / The approach we take.

Trustworthy, responsive, respectful, open and vibrant

We offer Connect Programmes across New Zealand  Family Connect, Refugee Connect, CiH Connect, Northland Connect and Pasifika Seniors Connect,

Computers in Homes worked with low-decile schools and Trusts to provide computer training, technical support, refurbished computers and subsidised Internet to families across New Zealand. A 20/20 Trust digital inclusion initiative, it reached 19,000 students’ homes before funding was not renewed.

Some local partners continue with local funding- notably in Porirua and Northland – and 20/20’s Connect series of projects helps families, refugees, seniors and other New Zealanders at most risk of digital exclusion.

The Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa (DIAA) purpose is: to work collaboratively with Alliance Partners in delivering digital inclusion programmes to their communities; pursue funding for inclusion initiatives; provide a forum for sharing information, tools and resources, outcome metrics and results; be a voice for digitally under-served and disadvantaged communities; and promote a joined-up whole-of-community approach in pursuing a more digitally included society.

The Alliance also coordinates the Stepping UP, Skinny Jump and Better Digital Futures for Seniors programmes.

Ka Pai Kaiti computer hub offers computer courses for everyone, at all levels of understanding, from beginners through to advanced. Initial focus (Dec. 2017) is on older people but the hub provides the whole community with education and connectivity and a homework club for young people is planned. The computer hub is a joint venture between Ka Pai Kaiti Trust and Tairawhiti Technology Trust.

Thanks to the generous funding support from the Lottery Grants Board, the KiwiSkills programme successfully increased the digital skills of 7500 people across NZ. A 20/20 Trust programme, it finished in 2018 due to lack of funding.

Rural Education Activities Programmes (REAPs) provide education opportunities and support to their communities, from pre-schoolers to adults. Courses include Computing for Beginners and assisting with Stepping UP courses with Marlborough District Library.

Milton Library offers Stepping UP – free computer & internet training in easy steps, relevant to your life and interests, in informal friendly classes; Better Digital Futures for Seniors for people aged 65+ to learn new skills and build confidence with computers and the internet, and Skinny Jump – prepay home broadband with no contract, no credit checks and no set-up charges. Contact Jill McIntosh 03 417 8220

Rangiora Library offers free access to PCs and WiFi and A4 flatbed scanner for library users. Is an Aotearoa People’s Network Kaharoa (APNK) partner.  The Library also has teamed up with the Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa to offer Stepping UP – free computer & internet training in easy steps, relevant to your life and interests, in informal friendly classes; Better Digital Futures for Seniors for people aged 65+ to learn new skills and build confidence with computers and the internet, and Skinny Jump – prepay home broadband with no contract, no credit checks and no set-up charges.

Contact: library@wmk.govt.nz, 03 311 8901.

Tairawhiti REAP is committed to providing high quality long life learning to isolated communities on the East Coast of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. Courses include Cottage Industries, Te Reo, Digi-Māmā and Digi-Kainga. Open Mon-Fri: 9:00 am – 5:00 am

TBICT provides visitor information and accommodation alongside community services and support. Code Club is available on Monday afternoons and the Stepping UP programme is coming soon. Contact Lily Stender at tolagabayinn@gmail.com or phone 06 862 6856.

Whakatane Library has free access to computers, WiFi, eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers.  Gain technology skills including online searching, job applications, local and family history/whakapapa.

The library teams with the Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa to offer Skinny Jump – prepay home broadband with no contract, no credit checks and no set-up charges. Contact William Main, library.staff@whakatane.govt.nz, 07 306 0509.