Hello!

Photo of a group of Hackney Silver Surfers standing in front of the entrance to The Lawns centre.

Photo of a group of Hackney Silver Surfers standing in front of the entrance to The Lawns centre.

We are Hackney Silver Surfers and The Lawns is our main centre. We provide free computer training and free Internet access to everybody over 50 in Hackney. We are open Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 4.30 pm (and also on Mondays for special projects). Everything we do is free, informal and very friendly. All you have to do is come along and ring the door bell. Our address is 52 The Lawns, Matthias Road, London, N16 8QB. Our phone number is 020 7254 2183.

Autumn restart.

Hackney Silver Surfers opens again after the summer break on Wednesday 1 September. Please look at our Program page for details and times of our activities from September to December.

Program overview.

First week back.

  • Wednesday 1 September.
    Teaching area: MyGuide for new learners (10.30 am to 1 pm).
    Front area: Drop-in until 1 pm.
  • Thursday 2 September. Closed. No drop-in.
  • Friday 3 September.
    Open drop-in (10.30 am to 2.30 pm).

Second week back.

13 September to 23 October.

New opening times.

The Lawns centre will not be open in the late afternoon, and will be closed all day Thursday. We will be open on Saturdays when the StartIT courses are running. You can use the drop-in area at the front of The Lawns whenever we are open.

StartIT - World Wide Web and Email.

City & Guilds StartIT ‘World Wide Web and Email’.

The City & Guilds ‘StartIT’ certificate is a basic qualification for beginners — designed and taught specifically for older people with little or no previous experience of computers or the Internet. It is one of the most successful and popular activities we have offered at Hackney Silver Surfers. It is funded by the Hackney Learning Trust.

StartIT ‘World Wide Web and Email’ is an introduction to the Internet, what you can do with it, and what it can do for you. The ‘World Wide Web’ is the WWW you see everywhere now — a huge repository of constantly changing information. ‘Email’ is what people do when they send messages around the world — instantly and free. We make sure that you have an email address that you can give to your friends and family, so they can contact you wherever they are. There is more to the Internet than World Wide Web and Email, but for most of us that is all we need — and by the end of this course, you will be able to use them as well as most other people..

We have offered this popular course many times.

Dates and times.

Every Friday and Saturday (10.30 am to 2.30 pm) at 52 The Lawns, N16 8QB.

Starts: Friday 17 September.

Ends: Saturday 23 October.

Enrolment.

Formal enrolment is essential. It’s a quick and painless procedure — but you have to come to The Lawns to do it.

Enrolment date and time: Friday 10 September (10.30 to 11.30 am).

If you can’t get to The Lawns on that day, please phone us (020 7254 2183) to arrange an alternative time.

Similar courses in the future.

The course will be repeated this year, from Friday 5 November to Saturday 11 December.