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There will be 25 workshops by the different Centers of the Mayor of municipal term and will have a duration of 6 hours divided into three sessions.

To attend the workshops or to receive programming information, enrollment is required either at the Fundación Iniciativas, or at the Mayor's Council, located at Alameda de Cervantes, number 30

The Councilor for Policy of the Mayor of the City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, together with the leaders of the Giant Initiatives Foundation and Vodafone Spain Foundation, Francisco Perán and Antonio Álvarez, respectively, presented this morning the second edition of the training workshops on the use of smartphones that are being developed throughout the municipality and are aimed at older people.

Fátima Mínguez explained that "the objective will be to bring the new intelligent mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) to the elderly to reduce the digital gap between generations in rural environments and so that our elders can access new paths of opportunity in the improvement of their quality of life.The project is part of a collaboration agreement signed by the Initiatives the Giant Foundation and Vodafone Spain Foundation, with the collaboration of the Council of the Mayor of the Consistory lorquino.The workshops will be taught in the Centers of the Mayor of all the municipal term, and in addition it is gratuitous for all the participants ".

The Councilor of the Mayor added that "in those workshops, each major will receive an easy-to-use manual Smartphone both Android and IOS (Iphone), will show the different possibilities offered by these devices: how to use them to call, receive or send text messages, save contacts to the calendar, make photos and videos, connect to the internet, configure email accounts, use social networks, ... - what they can do for you and which applications can download, install and use according to their tastes and preferences, especially for contact with family and friends. "

"The initiatives will train more than 500 elderly people between this month and March 2018, facilitating access to the benefits of new technologies to promote and promote active aging, which will be taught in three sessions of 2 It should be noted that the last edition was held 21 workshops, while this year the figure will be 25, of which already have confirmed a score.

The Edil del Mayor, lastly, stressed that "the appearance of these devices has generated a new communication environment that older people have to assimilate in order to benefit from the services that will help them live with greater personal autonomy and independence. , the workshops complement the commitment made by the City to incorporate ICT in the day to day, to promote active aging and reduce vulnerability in the collective of older people.

To attend the workshops or receive programming information, registration is required either at the Iniciativas Foundation or at the Mayor's Council, located at Alameda de Cervantes, number 30.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca