# Tap Into IT Where You Are Ltd

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC047766
- **Known as:** Tap into IT
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 2017
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC047766


## Contact

- **Address:** 33/9 Mertoun Place
- **Postcode:** EH11 1JX
- **Website:** tapintoit.org.uk



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Tap into IT provides a versatile range of digital support, from one-off technical assistance for older people who are online and reasonably confident users of digital tech to longer term, group-based help for less confident seniors and those with complex needs like dementia. By partnering with local community organisations, we foster social inclusion through tech, helping users overcome barriers ranging from simple troubleshooting to deep-seated anxieties about the digital world.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;Older People&#x27;,&#x27;People with disabilities or health problems&#x27;,&#x27;People with a particular ethnic or racial origin&#x27;

**Objectives:** The company&#x27;s objects are: - 4.1 to enable adults who are unable to access the internet, particularly the over 65&#x27;s, to do so, for their own benefit and that of their community and society as a whole. 4.2 To help build digital skills and confidence so that people can make more effective use of online resources and digital technology. 4.3 To provide this service &#x27;where people are&#x27; wherever possible - in their own familiar community settings or 1:1 in their own home 4.4 To work in partnership as opportunity arises with other people, community networks and organisations with an interest in the welfare of these potentially vulnerable groups for mutual benefit.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** City of Edinburgh
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area







