2023 October Lunch: Celebrate Seniors Month and learn more about getting online

October is Seniors month and the 16-22 October 2023 is Get Online Week.

To celebrate the great contributions that Seniors have made and continue to make to our community and

To provide technology support and encouragement for Seniors the Seniors Committee of the Chamber is holding a lunch on Thursday the 19th of October.

We have retained the services of some excellent speakers:

• Jo Dickson, from the Bank of Queensland Stafford Branch.
• Richard (Dick) Bennett, from Brisbane Seniors Online
• Di Frey, from Arana Taxation and Chair of the Chamber’s Seniors Committee

Jo Dickson, is a Principal of the Bank of Queensland branch at Stafford has volunteered to share her insights about ways to identify, protect and deal with the ever-present problem of Scams among seniors.

Jo has had a lot of experience in recognising scams, advising customers on what to be aware of in emails, texts or phone calls. She will be giving us a lot of clues to look for when we receive ‘unknown’ messages.

Jo is an active member of the Chamber

Dick Bennett has been a Mentor for and is the Publicity officer for Brisbane Seniors Online for 18 years

Dick will be speaking about his experiences with Brisbane Seniors Online helping Seniors to become more confident.

Dianne Frey will be speaking about her experience with joining and using the resources associated with the Be Connected Learners Portal

We believe that Seniors have made and continue to make significant contributions to our community and we want to support them.

Seniors are   “Social, Community Minded People with plenty of life’s wisdom to share and more to learn.”

To that end we welcome all Seniors oriented groups to join with us in celebrating Seniors month.

Please note that as this is a free event sponsored by Be Connected and the Good Things Foundation Australia so numbers are limited