Getting Woodcote Online
We are now running a new digital inclusion and support service within the village. This initiative is part of ‘Getting Oxfordshire Online’ and offers a regular series of (free) monthly sessions for local residents who have any queries that arise from using the internet (whether they already have a device or not). These one-to-one advice sessions are run by a team of friendly local volunteers and can last approximately 45 minutes per client. They are held twice a month at 2-4 pm on the first Saturday and at 10.00-12.00 noon on the third Thursday of each month in Woodcote Community Centre. To book your slot, please call 01491 877749 and leave a voicemail if necessary. Someone will phone you back to take your details. For more details and the kinds of questions you might have, follow this link.
STOP PRESS
We are urgently looking for someone to act as Client Liaison Officer, initially for a six-month period. Your main responsibility will be to telephone and chat to around a dozen of our clients every three months or so. This is to get their views on how we are doing – so that we can continually improve our service. If you think you would enjoy occasional chats with our clients, then this volunteering opportunity could be for you! As calls could be made during the day or in the evenings, it is a role that would also be suitable for anyone working full-time. For more details about the role, please click here.
Woodcote Volunteers
Woodcote Volunteers began life in 1983. It is one of many ‘Good Neighbour’ schemes running across Oxfordshire. Here in Woodcote, we focus on providing a transport service for residents of Woodcote and surrounding villages. We also collect and deliver prescriptions, provide help with applying for blue badges, host monthly tea parties and also run a service to help local residents to get access to on-line services.
- To this end, we provide volunteer drivers, tea party helpers, blue badge application support and digital advice sessions to help with problems accessing on-line services.
- Woodcote Volunteers’ mission is to help overcome the disadvantage local people experience because they do not have access to transport or are experiencing social or digital isolation.
- We aim to have happier and healthier residents in Woodcote and surrounding villages as a result of our service.
On this website you will be able to find out:
- How we operate
- Whether you are eligible for this service
- How to book a driver
- About the monthly Afternoon Tea Party for our clients
- About our monthly Digital Inclusion Sessions to help with access to on-line services
- About volunteering with us
- How to contact us
You can also go to our Facebook page
*Woodcote Volunteers do not make a charge – a passenger pays the driver’s expenses only – see Driver Service for more information
We look forward to welcoming you as a client or volunteer!