23,000 people helped in just one week

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Get Online Week is Good Things Foundation’s digital inclusion campaign to close the digital divide in Australia.

During Get Online Week, hundreds of community organisations host events supporting people to help them learn new digital skills and feel more comfortable and safer online.

Get Online Week event holders:

• 100% Get Online Week was beneficial to their community
• 95% Improved their community’s digital skills
• 90% Helped their community to socially connect

Get Online Week event attendees:

• 92% Learnt something new at a Get Online Week event
• 92% Want to learn more about what they can do online

Top three learning topics:

1. Apps
2. Online Safety
3. The basics

23K + People reached with digital skills support

1.3K Community events held across Australia

$487K Grant funding distributed to hold events

2.9K Hours of support delivered

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“Our seniors are now more confident in using digital devices, communicating through email and social platforms, and exploring the vast world of information available online. The event not only helped them become more digitally literate but also fostered a sense of community and belonging.”

Ly, Preston Indochinese Elderly Refugees Group VIC | event holder

We supported community organisations to host events:

• 750+ Support packs distributed to event holders
• 50+ Resources, webinars, marketing and learning materials created
• 4.7/5 Satisfaction with Good Things Foundation support

Raising awareness of digital inclusion:

• 56.8M People reached through media campaign
• 431 Pieces of media coverage
• 110K Social media reach through paid and organic content

Get Online Week is a campaign by Good Things Foundation

Supported in 2023 by the Australian Government and the Be Connected program, Telstra, Guide Dogs and Bendigo Bank.