RaceOnline 2012 - Ambition is to make the UK the first nation in the world where everyone can use the web.

MyTunstall became the 600th partner to join the RaceOnline 2012 scheme. As a partner, it's this sites responsibility now to help people in the area who don't have access to the internet the chances to use it.

What is RaceOnline 2012 - have a read below

"In the internet age, we need to ensure that people aren't being left behind as more and more services and business move online. But this issue isn't just about fairness as Martha's work shows, promoting digital inclusion is essential for a dynamic modern economy and can help to make government more efficient and effective."

The Prime Minister - David Cameron

Race Online 2012 is a challenge to all of us in the UK. Our Ambition is to make the UK the first nation in the world where everyone can use the web.

Technology links us together like never before.  The UK has 40 million adult internet users, with 30 million people using the web every day. 

However, there are 10 million adults in the UK who have never used the internet – the combined size of the entire population of our five biggest cities. 

Four million of those are among the most disadvantaged:

• 39% are over 65,
• 38% are unemployed
• 19% are families with children.

We are calling for urgent action to get millions more people online by the end of the Olympic year 2012, through partnership with government, industry, charities and individuals.

Our specific recommendations for action are:

• To inspire  more people to try the internet
• To encourage people to go online and reward them for doing so
• To support those who need a helping hand

We want to build a UK of near-universal web literacy by the time of the Olympics, with access as easy and affordable as water, electricity or gas and skills considered as fundamental as literacy and numeracy: our ambition is to get everyone of working-age online by the end of this Parliament.

Martha Lane Fox was reappointed UK Digital Champion by the new government in June 2010. Her remit includes advising government how to provide better, more efficient public services online and accelerating efforts to help more people benefit from the power of the internet.

In March, Martha and her team launched the Race Online 2012 campaign.  Already more than 400 partners have pledged to help more than 1.6 million new people get online by the end of the Olympic year. We feel there is a real opportunity to unite the UK and make rapid progress towards real social change. Join us now.