2.5 million people are offline in Australia. Less than 40% of Aussies are confident that they can keep up with the rapid pace of tech changes. For people more at risk of digital exclusion, such as older people, people with disability, low income families and First Nations people, this rate is even higher. If the last two years have taught us anything, it's how vital digital skills are to our wellbeing and safety.

Spread the Get Online Week message that everyone can:

• Get online.
• Get connected.
• Get learning.
• Get shopping. 
• Get working. 
• Get inspired.
• Get informed.

Beginning in the UK in 2007 and introduced to Australia in 2018, Get Online Week is a week-long annual campaign supporting people to improve their digital skills and close the digital divide.

Get Online Week sees thousands of local events take place each year hosted by community organisations, giving everyone the chance to find the support they need to improve their digital skills and get motivated to learn more. 

Last year, over 700 community organisations around Australia held online or COVID-Safe face-to-face events for people with low digital skills, reaching 23,500 people.

99% of event holders found Get Online Week was beneficial to their community. In addition to supporting people to improve their digital skills, they also found it positively contributed to their community’s well being and helped people to socially connect with others.

92% of Get Online Week 2020 event attendees reported learning something new at the event, with 90% saying it inspired them to learn more about what they could do online.

This year's Get Online Week campaign will take place from 18 - 24 October 2021.

We believe everyone deserves the opportunity to safely participate in our digital world and no one should be left behind. Through Good Things Foundation’s network of community organisations in Australia and with the help of our supporters, events and activities will again take place in hundreds of communities to 

Get Online Week is a campaign by Good Things Foundation Australia. Get in touch at communications@goodthingsfoundation.org to learn more.