You and Your Community
Local information about Bedfordshire | Computing, Internet and Office Services

• Computing
  All Bedfordshire Libraries (Direct Link) have free access to computers that you can use for word-processing, spreadsheets, databases and presentations. Online training packages as well as printed guidelines are available to help beginners and there are more advanced packages for those who already have some experience.
• Internet
  Free Internet access is available to library members at all Bedfordshire Libraries (Direct Link). Children and teenagers under 16 have access to Internet sites chosen by Youth Librarians. 

Bedfordshire Libraries Homework Centres
Homework Centres offer help finding information on any homework topic via computers and printed materials and are aimed at all children aged 8 and upwards. They are staffed by a Homework Centre Organiser and Assistant and are at:

• Biggleswade Library (Direct Link)
• Dunstable Library (Direct Link)
• Flitwick Library (Direct Link)
• Houghton Regis Library (Direct Link)
• Kempston Library (Direct Link)
• Leighton Buzzard Library (Direct Link)
• The Virtual Homework Centre (Direct Link) has been created to help with homework when you are
  working from home.

Internet Venues /Cyber Cafes

• Blue Moon Internet Cafe and Games Zone in Dunstable
• Club Sandwich UK - Internet Cafe in Bedford
• The Coffee House - IT and Gaming Cafe in Leighton Buzzard
• Gamestorm Internet and Online Games Cafe in Bedford
• Guild House Bedford (for people over 50)
  The Guild House, 56 Harpur Street, Bedford, MK40 2QT, Tel. 01234 352038 (open Mon.-Fri. 10am to 4pm) has a cyber cafe. www.bedfordguildhouse.org.uk
• The Internet Lounge in Bedford
• Jaffa Orchard Cafe: a Bedford community coffee shop with cyber cafe offering internet and e-mail access and taster sessions and courses in computing.

More venues where you can use computers and access the Internet

• Bedford Foyer
• BSS Recruitment in Bedford
• Connecting the Community project (Bedford area)
  A project which provides Internet access for local communities and public access information points in the Bedford area.
• Mail Boxes Etc. in Bedford