Good Things Foundation’s annual digital inclusion campaign, Get Online Week, has been held every year since 2007. In Get Online Week, Good Things Foundation asks community partners to take action, helping to raise awareness of digital inclusion and advocate for everyone to be able to participate in our digital society
This year’s campaign, ‘Can’t get online, can’t get by’ takes place from 19 to 25 October 2026.
We know that organisations across Leeds provide a huge range of digital inclusion support, from digital drop-ins and one-to-one support to courses and group sessions. This Get Online Week we want to better demonstrate the scale and scope of this activity across the city, and make it easier for people to find and access support.
If your organisation is running an activity during Get Online Week, please tell us about it by completing our short form and we will add your activities to the listings below.
Activities taking place in Leeds for Get Online Week 2026
AbilityNet
AbilityNet is a national charity offering free tech support for older people and people with disabilities. Their friendly tech volunteers can help people in their home, or over the phone. All volunteers are all DBS-checked and are happy to deal with any tech problems, large or small.
If you or someone you know needs help getting online or using digital technology, contact AbilityNet on 0300 180 0028 or apply online to ask about free support from a volunteer in your area.
At an impressive 101 years old, Doreen from Wetherby in Leeds is showing that you’re never too old to go online!
Interviewed by a Yorkshire-based AbilityNet volunteer, Doreen from Wetherby explains in this new video below, how free, friendly support has helped her use her laptop, iPad, iPhone and smartwatch.
Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO)
All activities are free of charge and take place at BITMO’s GATE, LS10 3QH. Please contact BITMO’S GATE via email to check availability or for more details about the activities.
Repair Café: Fix It Online – 17 October, 1pm to 4pm.
This session helps residents use online tools to find repair advice, tutorials, spare parts, manuals and support communities.
Essential Online Skills – 19 October, 10am to 12pm.
This session helps residents build confidence with everyday online tasks, including email, video calls, online forms, NHS services and Leeds City Council services.
Smarter Way to Sign In at the GATE – 20 October, 1pm to 2pm.
Residents can test BITMO’s new digital sign-in system, provide feedback and gain confidence using new digital technology.
Accessibility – 20 October, 1pm to 3pm.
This session helps residents discover accessibility features on phones, tablets and computers, including text-to-speech, captions, voice technology, magnification and other settings.
Online Safety – 21 October, 10am to 12pm.
This session helps residents feel more confident identifying scams, creating strong passwords, shopping safely online and protecting personal information.
Digital Safety One-to-Ones – 21 October, 12pm to 1pm.
One-to-one support is available to help residents with digital safety.
Employment – 22 October, 1pm to 4pm.
This session supports residents with creating an email address, updating a CV, searching for jobs, managing Universal Credit journals and accessing online learning and training.
Digital Drop-In Support – 23 October, 10am to 12pm.
Residents can receive support with Leeds Homes logins, password resets, online forms and applications, printing, scanning and email.
Burmantofts Community Friends
This Get Online Week Burmantofts Community Friends will be embedding digital elements across their usual weekly programme of activities, open to people aged 55+.
Unless specified, all sessions are free, booking is not required, and sessions take place in person at Burmantofts Community Friends, Lower Ground Floor, Anglers Club, Basement Offices, 75B Stoney Rock Lane, LS9 7TB. For further information or to book email outreach@burmantofts.org.uk or telephone 01132 489191.
Breakfast and Browsers ‘Digital Treasure Hunt’ – 19 October, 10am to 12noon. There is a small charge for breakfast.
Members use their own device, or borrow a hub device, to google search things like: find today’s weather, look up a how much a pint of milk was in 1970, find a picture of your favourite singer, look up the number 4 bus timetable, find a picture of a cute dog.
Dancercise ‘Dance Playlist’ – 19 October, 1pm to 2pm. £1.
Members search for and add a song each to make their own playlist on a hub device.
Help Hub and Digital Drop-in ‘Scam or Safe’ – 20 October, 10am to 2pm.
Members discuss examples of real and fake emails and text messages and guess which ones are phishing attempts. Prizes for guessing correctly!
Sporting Memories ‘Online Quiz’ – 20 October, 2pm to 3.30pm.
Using Kahoot, members link up personal or hub devices to answer multiple choice sporting questions in this interactive quiz.
Lunch Club ‘QR Code Click & Chat’ – 21 October, 11am to 1.30pm. Booking essential. £5.
Members will be supported to use QR codes and complete our member survey.
Health Hub ‘Scam or Safe’ – 21 October, 10am to 2pm.
Members discuss examples of real and fake emails and text messages and guess which ones are phishing attempts. Prizes for guessing correctly!
Sociable Folk ‘Dream Dinner Party’ – 21 October, 10am to 2pm.
Each member chooses a person they’d like to have dinner with. We use AI to create an image of their imaginary dinner party, with suggestions to tweak the background, clothing etc.
Cooking Club ‘Ready, Steady, Cook & Click’- 22 October, 11am to 1pm, Nowell Mount Community Centre, Nowell Mount, Harehills, LS9 6HH.
Members each bring or suggest a secret ingredient and are shown how to search online and use AI to find recipes using the ingrediants.
Arts and Crafts ‘AI Nickname Generator’ – 23 October, 10am to 12 noon.
Members use an iPad to enter prompts into AI to generate a silly, personalised nickname. They then write their chosen nickname onto a name badge sticker and decorate it.
Film Club ‘Film Review on Letterboxd’ – 23 October, 12.15pm. £1.
After watching the film members use the iPad to find it on Letterboxd and give it a rating/review, and look up other films they might be interested in.
Leeds Libraries
Digital drop-ins at Leeds Libraries help people to get online and overcome barriers to using digital technology. People can bring their smartphone, tablet, laptop or log into a library computer. The team’s friendly librarians can help people with a specific problem or provide guidance and resources for improving their digital skills in general.
Sessions are aimed at adults struggling to get online or use technology and are open to anyone 18+ living in Leeds. Sessions are drop-in, so no need to book. All sessions are free of charge. To find out more, call 0113 378 5005 or email leeds.libraries@leeds.gov.uk
- Yeadon Library – 19 October, 2:30pm to 3:30pm.
- Crossgates Library – 20 October, 10:30am to 11:30am.
- Armley Library – 20 October, 2pm to 3pm.
- Leeds Central Library – 21 October, 2pm to 3pm.
- Wetherby Library – 23 October, 10:30am -11:30am.