Can you help someone get online for the first time?

Do you know someone who has never been online but who could really benefit from it?

Do you have some spare time to help them give it a go?

Perhaps you wish your parents used the Net so that you could communicate with them more often.

Or perhaps you have a friend who constantly misses out on the best deals because they do not shop online.

Whoever it is, this is your chance to help them with the support of the Working Lunch team.

We will guide you through our super-simple Broadband Buddy Challenge and send you a certificate signed by Naga and Declan if you complete it.

If you like, you and your buddy might also get the chance to appear on the programme.

There are three simple steps to completing the Broadband Buddy Challenge:

1. Talk to your buddy and set an online task

Once you have secured the willing cooperation of your Broadband Buddy, you need to find out a specific way in which the Internet might be of practical benefit to them. Only you two can figure this out - but pick something simple and relatively easy to achieve.

2. Get online together and accomplish the task

If your buddy has no Internet access at home, then invite them round to your place or go to a local library or UK Online Centre. And once you are online, spend a bit of time explaining the basics and then try to complete the challenge you set yourselves.

To find out where your nearest UK Online Centre is, call 0800 77 1234.

Myguide, a government website, is a useful guide for a beginner. Click here to give it a go.

BBC Radio 2 have also compiled a useful guide as part of their Get Connected campaign.

3. Let us know how it went

Finally, the person you helped to get online needs to fill out the form below and send it to us. They may need to provide your email address, if they do not yet have their own.

We will then get in touch using the contact details provided - and these details will only be used by the Working Lunch team.

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