Martha mentioned the Race Online 2012 website, the online focus for her activities:  ”Our mission is to create life enhancing opportunities for socially excluded adults who have never been online. Race Online 2012 is a national challenge to give 4 million new people the opportunity to access the digital world by the London Olympics.”  In conjunction with Race Online 2012, the primary Make IT Happy 2010 competition will be awarding prizes to schools that show how they have helped their community learn about the exciting possibilities of the internet.

Martha also talked about the Pass It On initiative – organised through the UK Online centres the goal is to encourage those with IT skills to ‘pass them on’.

So – if you are involved with a primary school, know an organisation that can be a sponsor, or want to give your support visit either the Make IT Happy 2010 or Race Online 2012 websites and join in.

Patrick Kirk