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July 2023
Compaid celebrates International Friendship Day
For International Friendship Day, we talked to Mike, a young man with dyslexia who attends our centre, about how learning new digital skills and forging new friendships has really helped him enjoy his experience attending our centre to learn. Mike commented....
“Over the years that I've been coming to the centre which helps my dyslexia, I've met a lot of people and have eventually made friends with them. There are a handful now that I even talk to outside of Compaid. We have a group chat on Facebook and check in on each other from time to time and see how everyone is doing, which is cool.”
Mike is a regular attender at our training centre and over the years, we have watched a great friendship develop. We asked Mike how his learning progress has been impacted by the friendships he has made.
“Right now, I‘m working through two courses: one on coding and another one to help my dyslexia. Both are useful for me because I want to make a webpage for my mum, and I'm already interested in gaming and coding anyway. Also, one of my closest friends in the centre is also really into coding and gaming, and the trainer I usually work with also has dyslexia which makes learning more comfortable for me. It's nice to work with someone who understands what I struggle with and be able to enjoy the process with my friend also.”
Mike went on to say: “Honestly, the friends I’ve made here and being able to learn all this cool stuff while having coffee and chatting to them, makes the centre very welcoming. I don’t know what I'd be doing without all the support from my friends and centre trainers. It's a lovely place to be.”
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