Get someone online in Get Online Week

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Published:
18 October 2010
Topic:
News,Broadband,Pass it on - Race Online 2012

The Race Online 2012 campaign, which aims to get millions more people using the internet, has been in full flow for months now and moneysupermarket.com has been partnering it all the way. But now it's Get Online Week - and we want your help.

Britain is still home to 10million people who've never used the internet before and Race Online 2012 wants to get as many of these people as possible online within the next two years.

Getting online won't just help the children in these households to study, it will empower people to hunt for jobs, shop for bargains and save money on bills.

In fact, given that four million of the people being targeted by the Race Online campaign are among the country's most disadvantaged, you can see how important the web is in helping people to save money.

With government cuts promising to squeeze even well-off households, it's never been more important to help people to reduce their outgoings by bargain-hunting online.

So why not take the time to help someone get online and get saving this week? You can visit the Get Online Week website to find UK online centres that can help your friends learn how to use the web. There are even training resources like videos.

Here are three simple ways that people can save hundreds of pounds a year using the web.

Cut energy bills by hundreds of pounds

Just now, the difference between the average standard tariff and the cheapest online tariff is £280.99 but many people save up to £580 a year.

So showing someone how to use a comparison website to find the cheapest gas and electricity for them, plus how to enter their meter readings online, could save one household hundreds of pounds.

 

Save hundreds on home insurance

Without the web, finding the best deal for home insurance is an epic task.

The searcher would need to phone umpteen companies if they wanted to track down a decent deal and it would be tempting to just renew the previous year's policy.

But you can save up to £237 a year by comparing home insurance providers through moneysupermarket.com, and the whole process takes less than five minutes.

Drive down car insurance costs

Cancelling that auto-renew and comparing car insurance companies online instead can save drivers a small fortune on their cover.

By finding the right protection at the cheapest price, people save an average of £234 a year with moneysupermarket.com.

Every little helps

You may not have time to talk someone through all the many ways there are to save on the internet. But quite often, you won't need to.

Simply talking someone through the basics of starting up a computer and using a search engine will give them the starting skills they need to explore the web on their own. Visit the Race Online 2012 website to see how you can get involved.

Please note: Any figures mentioned in this article were correct at the time of writing.

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