Today is officially the first day of UK Get Online Week (formerly 'Get Online Day'), which represents a national campaign that aims, unsurprisingly, to encourage at least some of the estimated 10 million Britons who have never used the internet to give it a try.

The campaign runs from the 18th – 24th October 2010 and will be marked by 3,000 planned events across the country. This year they hope to help 80,000 people go online (the first 'Get Online Day' four years ago achieved 10,000) and have even launched a special guide to make it as easy as possible - myguide.


So if you know somebody who hasn't got the internet but would like to try it then do please give them a hand. However if you know somebody who hasn't got it and swears blind that they don't want it then don't badger them too much.

The internet is wonderful but it shouldn't be mandatory and, believe it or not, some people can live without it and still enjoy life. Shocking though that may seem. For more information and to see how you can still get involved, visit: http://www.getonlineweek.com.