Would you like to help more people in Stockport to get online or feel more confident using a computer, phone or tablet? Tech genius NOT required!  

Your everyday knowledge using a smart phone, browsing websites or using a computer at work is enough.  Full training is given before you start volunteering.

• Have you helped friends or family to use their computer or phone? 

• Do you want to help your community? 

• Would you like a friendly volunteer role where you meet new people? 

• A flexible volunteer role. You’ll have a regular time and day to volunteer, but we usually have a rota, so no pressure to volunteer every week.  

Then you’ll enjoy being a Digital Champion.

What do Digital Champions do?

All Digital Champions support people to get online, or feel more confident to use a device. Starting Point run regular Digital sessions, so some Digital Champions help here. Others support local community groups, offer help informally to friends and family, or in their communities.

How will you support me as a Digital Champion?

We give all Digital Champions training before they start volunteering. Our friendly session covers all you need to know to get started helping people locally to feel more confident to use computers. You’ll get to meet other new Digital Champions at this session too.

You can register your interest in volunteering as a Digital Champion by filling in our referral form. Just tick that you are interested in volunteering in the relevant box.

We recurit volunteers as and when roles open up in the session, so we might get back to you quickly, or it may be a while before we have volunteer opportunities. Please do register your interest. We will let you know when our next training session is in the diary. This can very depending on funding, but it’s worth joining the list, as you’ll be first to know when new volunteers can join.

Following our session, you’ll have access to training and skill guides just for Digital Champions. Covering everything from Safeguarding and GDPR to Communication skills and Wellbeing, our training is designed by and for Digital Champions, focussed on what you need to know when you volunteer.

You’ll be part of our wider network of Digital Champion volunteers across Stockport, with fun socials and regular ‘top up’ training. Our ‘Tea and Tech’ sessions cover topics that volunteers have told us they want to learn about.

Staff at Starting Point will support you when you start volunteering.

Who are our Digital Champions?

Previous volunteers have been people looking for experience before going back to work, retired people, students training to work in community or education settings, parents and carers looking for a volunteer role that fits in with their cared-for person, people with a disability wanting to volunteer within hours that work for them. People working part time and people looking to make new friends locally. People practising their spoken English or corporate volunteers with CSR hours to use. We welcome volunteers from all our communities in Stockport, and we hope we can make you feel safe and welcome to volunteer with us.

You do need to be able to volunteer independently, and feel confident to start conversations with new people. You do need to be happy to support learners who may come with different questions each week, so you need to be ok with sometimes saying “I don’t know the answer to this one” or “let’s google this together”.

We welcome people with disabilities to volunteer with us, please talk to us about reasonable adjustments we can make to help you volunteer. We welcome people who are learning English – you do need to read online information and feel happy to explain how to do digital tasks to other people.

How can I find out more?

Contact us at hello@startpoint.org.uk

Call or text us on 07724 217888. Leave us a message so we know you’ve called, as we don’t return all missed calls.  

Fill in our referral form above.