Finalist category: Digital Volunteer of the Year Award
Digital Volunteer of the Year, Finalist, 2023
Heather Sneddon is our AbilityNet Coordinator in South West Scotland and beyond. She has been in the role for 4 years now giving up her spare time to help older and disabled people in Scotland be part of the digital world, supporting a team of 23 volunteers to provide support, advice and training. She ‘works’ tirelessly to support her team and clients and is passionate about the power of tech to enhance and transform lives. Daily medication, treatment, pain and being a wheelchair user certainly does not hold Heather back, it just increases her empathy and skill at supporting others.
“Heather is excellent at providing specific positive feedback and at guiding me as a fairly new volunteer. She is easy to contact and very approachable.”
“(I had a) phone call from a lovely lady called Heather where we really connected, and her advice was practical and caring – thank you”
“Heather was so helpful and pleasant – I felt I was talking to a friend. And she realised that my memory is very bad so she sent the information to me by email afterwards, which is great. Thank you”
Over the time Heather has been Coordinator at AbilityNet her and her team in SW Scotland have supported 683 clients.
They have resolved 1066 tickets for free tech support – setting up new tech, fixing problems and supporting with digital skills. As a team they have given over 2500 hours of their time to support local older and disabled people.
Their customer satisfaction ratings speak for themselves with 97% of the clients rating the free service as excellent or good.
