# Age Concern surveys silver surfers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/05/24/age-concern-surveys-silver-surfers/
- Published: 2000-05-24T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Nearly a quarter of the UK’s 18 million over-50s are active computer users, according
to a study by Age Concern supported by Microsoft.

Nearly a quarter of the UK’s 18 million over-50s are active computer users, according
to a study by Age Concern supported by Microsoft. They found that more than four
million over-50s own PCs and a further 600,000 have access to computers at community
centres, colleges and libraries. About half of them use the Internet.

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Read [Computing breaks the age barrier](http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,265381,00.html)
by Andy Farquarson at The Guardian. You can also visit ActiveLives, another UK portal
for the over-45s, if you don’t believe that older people use the Internet.