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Longslade Community College sixth formers are volunteering their time to support local charity CLASH to improve their computing skills. The local charity CLASH, Community Leicester Arthritis Self Help, will provide a new and free computer confidence course for all local people and anyone who suffers from arthritis. The course will be held at the brand new £4.8m Palmer-Tomkinson Centre located at Longslade Community College from 3.30pm to 4.30pm and began on Thursday 12th January. It will run every Thursday during term time and has been designed to help those with little knowledge of computers and the Internet. Students from the college will be supporting new learners on the Go-on Get Online course. The sixth formers are volunteering their time and are hoping to pass on their knowledge of the digital world. Director of Post 16, Mrs Melody Mitchell said: “We are always keen to involve our students within the community. CLASH has always used our facilities and it is great that they still continue to do so. After recently opening our new community and sixth form center we now have the facilities to aid this course. The new computer suite with over 30 machines will provide the very best and up-to date equipment.” CLASH is a local branch of Arthritis Care. It works towards providing information about, and access to the best possible service and support for people with arthritis. Other weekly activities for the group involve hydrotherapy, yoga and gym sessions making their common goal to live with arthritis and not to be ruled by it! There are around 400,000 people with rheumatoid arthritis in the UK and over 20,000 new cases each year. It’s estimated that about 8 million people in the UK have osteoarthritis. About 15,000 children and adolescents in the UK will suffer from juvenile forms of arthritis. For more information about CLASH or to benefit from the activities and support they offer please call 07594 584 402 or 07954 614 466. Additionally more information can be found online at www.clashgroup.org.uk