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From technophobe to radio presenter
Su Chard (Pictures: Alexander Caminada  01453 758290, Gloucestershire County Council Adult Continuing Education & Training Service)
Su Chard used to hate technology - now she's on the air! (Picture: Alexander Caminada)

Su Chard used to be scared of technology.

Now after an IT course she works on her local community radio station, which has nominated her for an outstanding adult learner award.

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Su Chard admits to being terrified when it came to all things technical. The Chards, a Quaker family, did not even have a television in their home.

But when daughter Rose started secondary school, Su, from Cam, realised she would have to think again.

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My whole attitude to life has changed. I can do anything
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Outstanding Adult Learner award nominee Su Chard.

"I was a complete Luddite when it came to technology," she says.

"I hated the idea of televisions 鈥 and computers. But eventually we realised Rose鈥檚 schoolwork might be affected and we got a computer 鈥 but I refused to go near it.

"Then I gradually saw what amazing things Rose was able to do with it and I became intrigued 鈥 I suddenly wanted to learn more."

When 41-year-old Su eventually gave in and went on a college course, little did she know that those first steps back into learning would open the floodgates.

"After learning some IT techniques, I realised I wanted to do something new and exciting." she says.

"By chance, our local community radio station, Cam FM, was launched at the same time, giving me the opportunities I needed."

Su was one of a team of about 50 people who ran the station which broadcast to 30,000 people for four days last year.

She learned how to prepare and present radio programmes, both live and recorded, and she helped with the studio admin and programme scheduling.

She discovered a skill she never knew she had - so much so that she won a regional 蜜芽传媒 Talent Award for her radio journalism which she hopes will lead to freelance broadcasting work.

Su suffers from a long-term neurological illness which means she cannot work full time, but she now regards her disability as a challenge rather than a problem.

"My whole attitude to life has changed. I can do anything 鈥 I鈥檓 even learning to play the piano!"

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