The Community Outreach Digital Switchover Programme is managed and coordinated by The Wheel in conjunction with Irish Rural Link, with funding from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

The aim of the Programme is that those who are least likely to make the switchover to a digital television service will be enabled to do so before the switching off of the analogue signal on Wednesday 24 October 2012.

There are 26 County/area Champions appointed by the Wheel to coordinate activities locally. The Champions are currently coordinating with community and voluntary groups in their locality in order to increase awareness of the impending Digital Switchover deadline.

If you or your organisation would like to help, click here to see the list of digital outreach champions by county.

The objectives of the Outreach Programme are to reach vulnerable households in order to increase and enhance:

1. Awareness of the importance of making the switchover and the consequences of not doing so,
2. Awareness of the options available to make a successful switchover,

And

3. to ensure householders are able to make a decision and exercise that decision.

Further information is available from the Wheel by logging on http://www.wheel.ie/