Hello all Minis session attendees and parents/guardians! Our weekly Minis sessions for ages 8-12 will be moving to Tuesdays, starting from our first session in 2026 (the 13th of January). We hope that all of you will be able to keep coming to these sessions, and look forward to seeing you next year!

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A seasonal update and a little news...

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Got a teen/young adult who would like to try making stuff like electronics, games, robots, 3D printing, vinyl cutting, photography... 6th December - we have a taster session for 13 - 21's. Try things, come and tell us want you'd like to tinker with. Tickets are free! techresort.org/event/young-...

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TechResort Newsletter November 2025

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Our staff are set up at the Broomgrove Community Centre (85 Chiltern Dr, Hastings TN34 3PY) for the third of our free drop-in sessions. Stop by before 1pm for free support in using devices, getting bits done online, and some information about saving on your energy bills. Hope to see you there!

We're currently setting up for the Uckfield Care and Support Provider drop in event, held at the Uckfield Civic Centre (TN22 1AE) from 11AM to 2PM today. Come by to see what support is available, and meet local support organisations serving East Sussex. Hope to see you there!

Our staff are set up at the Broomgrove Community Centre (85 Chiltern Dr, Hastings TN34 3PY ) for the second of our free drop-in sessions. Stop by before 1pm for free support in using devices, getting bits done online, and some information about saving on your energy bills. Hope to see you there!

On the 14th of October, we will be attending the Care and support Drop In event at the Uckfield Civic Centre. If you're nearby, come chat to us for information on saving on your energy bills, and/or one to one help with digital jobs. Book your free tickets at: www.eastsussex.gov.uk/social-care/...

Our staff are set up at the Broomgrove Community Centre (85 Chiltern Dr, Hastings TN34 3PY ) for the second of our free drop-in sessions. Stop by before 1pm for free support in using devices, getting bits done online, and some information about saving on your energy bills. Hope to see you there!

Our staff are all set up at the Broomgrove Community Centre (85 Chiltern Dr, Hastings TN34 3PY ) for one of our free drop-in sessions. Stop by before 2.30 for free support in using your devices, getting bits done online, and some information about saving on your energy bills. Hope to see you there!

We'd like to share the story of one donated laptop - she is called MORWEN (well, we are the TechResort elves) techresort.org/the-story-of...

Big shout-out to @sussexcommfound.bsky.social and The Southern Water Goodwill Fund. We now have a grant in place to work with partners in Hastings/St Leonards for digital inclusion, kids' sessions and some work experience!

Join our elves today at Sustainable Seaford Fair at Seaford Head School. Check out our LEGO robots, drop in a donation or get some help with your tech questions. We're here 12-4pm!

Another generous donation has arrived this morning, this time from Hi-Way services Ltd of Canterbury in Kent. We've already started work on them and we will get them to people who need them as soon as possible. Thank you Hi-Way. Plenty to keep us busy for sure!

We've done a check of recent donations and with your fantastic generosity we've been able to buy some more phones that we will be able to give out to those who need them. Thank you so much to all who have donated - you made it possible!

Our free, weekly session on Wednesday evenings for children aged between 8 and 12 are back! Each week we are focusing on different skills. Next session is on 14th May where you can learn how to program a Lego Robot! Book here: techresort.org/events/ Booking open until 5pm the day before.

Events Archive - TechResort

We’re planning sessions for young people in Eastbourne at the moment.\nKeep an eye on this…

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A huge thank you to @blagravetrust.bsky.social for continuing our partnership for the next three years. Funding like this helps us in our mission to give work skills to young people by employing them to deliver digital skills to other young people and to digitally excluded adults.

We're excited to announce that we are resuming our children's sessions! They are a free, weekly session on Wednesdays for children between the ages of 8 and 12. We will focus on different skills, starting with BBC Micro:Bits on the 30th of April at 4.30pm. Bookings here: techresort.org/events/

Mini Makers - BBC Micro:Bits - TechResort

Learn how to code a BBC Micro:Bit!

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Heck of a day on Friday. Big thank you for your volunteering days, @turn2us.bsky.social we had the pleasure of @seanfirth.uk to help us migrate the @diginclusionkit.bsky.social to a better platform. Then we all went to celebrate the 18th Birthday of an awesome local digital company, Zoonou.

Whilst revenue grant funding pays for our day to day running cost and that's what we need most of, sometimes a grant for capital is vital for small organisations like us when we need to update our tech kit. Read more in our blog post techresort.org/tech-refresh/

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Refreshing the "Tech" in TechResort

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Another day at our base where I'm wowed by the skills, kindness, patience and dogged determination of our young team. Today, we've fixed apparently bricked tablet computers, showed a client how to use a touch screen, done some work with Canva and given out a basic phone to someone newly homeless...

Donating a phone or laptop to us doesn't only give a household on a low income and essential device, it also gives our students work experience and we get rid of the waste safely and legally!

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Gearing up for a spring clear out? Laptops and phones can be donated to @techresort.bsky.social techresort.org/projects/dev...

Gearing up for a spring clear out? Laptops and phones can be donated to @techresort.bsky.social techresort.org/projects/dev...

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TechResort started refurbishing and donating laptops back in the first Covid-19 lockdown, and we're continuing to meet this growing need

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We're open for our free-to-attend drop-in today Pop along between noon and 6pm to get any digital help you need Free and friendly help for anyone and everyone

we're back at base today If you need help with any digital task pop into our drop-in Drop-ins are on Mondays from 11am to 3pm and Thursdays from noon to 6pm

Happy New Year! If were given a new phone or laptop for Christmas please consider donating your old one to us.Find out more on our website https://techresort.org/

TR Tiny Tales for December Who? Service-user Young, unaccompanied refugees are looked after by the local council. They often come to us so we can help with their digital skills before they go on to formal schooling. This helps them with their language skills too, amongst other young people

TR Tiny Tales for December Who? Service-user Ann was unemployed and had a smartphone, but she found job searching on it very difficult. We gave her a repurposed laptop & helped her install and use some free office software. As a result, she was far more capable and didn’t need more help.

TR Tiny Tales for December Who? Service-user Luke has a visual impairment and needed help setting up a screen reader and the display on his new phone. I later helped him update his universal credit to reflect his rent increase. He would have found this incredibly difficult without our help

TR Tiny Tales for December Who? Staff Member I love working at Tech resort because I can directly make a difference to real lives. I particularly remember helping someone who had been recently hacked. Her email account had been compromised and I was able to offer help in a calm environment.