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	<title>The TalkTalk Blog &#187; Digital Inclusion</title>
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		<title>Announcing the UK’s Digital Hero 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon we were at the House of Lords for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards ceremony. It was a fitting finale for what has been a fantastic competition packed full of incredible individuals working for equally amazing projects.
As well as recognising all twelve regional finalists, each of whom will receive a £5,000 grant for their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/25/announcing-the-uk%e2%80%99s-digital-hero-2011/</link>
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		<title>Silver surfers catching up with younger generations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite not having grown up with computers or internet access, new research conducted by TalkTalk and F-Secure has found that the older generations are catching up when it comes to their internet use.
Nine out of ten UK residents over the age of 60 who use the internet go online every day, with 68 per cent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/24/silver-surfers-catching-up-with-younger-generations/</link>
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		<title>And the 2011 Digital Heroes Awards regional winners are…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having whittled down the hundreds of entries for this year’s <a href="http://www.talktalk.co.uk/digitalheroes/" target="_blank"><strong>Digital Heroes Awards</strong></a> to a final 37 from across the UK in October, it was down to the Great British public to decide which projects would win the title of Digital Hero in our 12 regions and collect a <strong>£5,000</strong> technology grant.

As always, we were not disappointed by the support for our nominees, with tens of thousands of people from across the UK casting their votes in what has been another very competitive year.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/23/2011-digital-heroes-awards-regional-winners/</link>
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		<title>Have You Voted For Your Digital Hero Yet?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With only 6 days to go before voting ends, the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards finalists are on the campaign trail searching for those extra votes that could help them scoop a £5,000 regional grant, or even the £10,000 national grand prize.

This year’s 37 finalists are more diverse than ever before, each using digital technologies in amazing ways to make a difference in their communities. So, if you’ve not cast your vote yet, head on over to the <a href="http://www.talktalk.co.uk/digitalheroes" target="_blank">Digital Heroes Awards voting page</a> to select your winners - remember you can vote in every region!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/11/08/have-you-voted-for-your-digital-hero-yet/</link>
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		<title>Go ON, Get online with our Broadband Expert tutorials</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In support of the ‘Go ON give an hour’ initiative our Chief Executive Dido Harding posted about earlier this week, we will be holding beginner internet sessions at our TalkTalk Customer Experience Centre in London over the coming weeks.
The one hour tutorial sessions will be open to anyone who wants an introduction to the internet [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/10/28/go-on-get-online-with-our-broadband-expert-tutorials/</link>
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		<title>Thirty per cent of life tasks are now conducted online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thirty per cent of life tasks are now conducted online according to an analysis we’ve just completed.
We asked more than 20,000 people about their online habits and found that in homes with a broadband connection almost one third of everything we do – from communication to entertainment to shopping to life management – is now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/10/27/thirty-per-cent-of-life-tasks-are-now-conducted-online/</link>
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		<title>Introduce someone to the wonders of the web this weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday the clocks go back. For many that’s just an excuse to have an extra hour in bed, but this year Martha Lane Fox, the UK’s Digital Champion, is calling on us to use that time to help get someone online. 

Most of us couldn’t imagine life without the internet but there are still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/10/25/introduce-someone-to-the-wonders-of-the-web-this-weekend/</link>
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		<title>Digital Heroes Awards 2011 &#8211; cast your votes now!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After receiving a record number of entries for the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards 2011, we’ve now whittled it down to 37 amazing finalists. It’s no exaggeration to say that all of them are deserving of a Digital Heroes Award, so it’s down to you to decide who our winners are in a public vote.
Last year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/10/20/digital-heroes-awards-2011-cast-your-votes-now/</link>
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		<title>Digital Hero profile: Sam Thomas – Men Get Eating Disorders Too</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sam Thomas, founder and project leader at Men Get Eating Disorders Too, entered the TalkTalk Digital Heroes Award in 2010 with the aim of making more people area of the issue of eating disorders amongst men and be a port of call for those affected or worried by it. And like many of the best projects, it was one that was born from personal experience.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/17/qa-with-sam-thomas-digital-hero-south-east-2010/</link>
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		<title>The winner of Digital Heroes Award 2010 &#8211; Ben Richardson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<em><strong>Ben Richardson</strong> was the overall winner of the <a href="http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/01/15/interview-with-talktalk-digital-heroes-awards-2010-winner-ben-richardson/" target="_blank"><strong>TalkTalk Digital Heroes Awards 2010</strong></a>. Ben works for <a href="http://www.connection-at-stmartins.org.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>The Connection at St Martins</strong></a>, a charity which helps homeless people in London, where he runs a digital media group. Here Ben tells us what’s he’s been up to since winning last year’s Digital Heroes Awards. </em>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.talktalkblog.co.uk/2011/08/09/the-winner-of-digital-heroes-award-2010-ben-richardson/</link>
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