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Tech Savvy Seniors
Australia · Sydney · See the Australia profile · See the Sydney profile
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 29% 88/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
NSW Government and Telstra joint programme offering free or low-cost digital literacy training for people aged 60+ in 100+ public libraries; over 119,000 training places since 2012; 84% of trained seniors feel confident using digital technologies.
119,000+
Training places (since 2012)
100+
Public libraries
84%
Trained seniors feeling confident
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice
- Period
- 2012–present
- Keywords
- older adults, seniors, digital literacy, libraries, culturally diverse seniors
Context
Tech Savvy Seniors is a joint NSW Government and Telstra programme offering free or low-cost digital literacy training for people aged 60+ in public libraries.
Results
Since 2012 it has provided 119,000+ training places across 100+ public libraries, and 84% of trained seniors feel confident using digital technologies.
Implementation
Implementation detail (cost, timeline, staffing, conditions for success) is not yet available for this practice.
Commonly funded by
National / regional programmes Own resources / municipal budget
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-06-21
- NSW Department of Communities and Justice — accessed 2026-06-21
- Digital NSW Case Study — accessed 2026-06-21
- NSW Government Grant Programme — accessed 2026-06-21
- ECCNSW 2023 Programme Outcomes — accessed 2026-06-21
- Telstra Tech Savvy Seniors — accessed 2026-06-21
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