Who's got a digital inclusion strategy? Who is supported by their council? Who's training staff or using volunteers? How are libraries dealing with digital inclusion?
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(well, nearly a decade...). Brian and Linda Dove are stepping down from running the Spire Drop-in digital skills sessions after nearly 10 years. They helped hundreds of learners and they will be much missed.
How do you get people online? And keep them there? We know you need devices, data and skills but this Get Online Week, we're rooting for one thing we think that's absolutely crucial...
It's Get Online Week and we've pulled together some of our best resources to help you help others get going with computers when they're right at the start of their digital journey.
It's #EndDigitalPovertyDay! We can’t end digital poverty in one day but it’s an excellent opportunity to raise awareness and bring individuals and organisations together to take concerted action...
Last year we upgraded the Digital Champions Network to a new platform, built with Learning Pool. By January 2023, we had migrated all our existing clients over and had new ones joining. Here's an interim report on how it's going so far.
For Capgemini, a global leader in digital technology and transformation, digital inclusion is a cornerstone of their corporate social responsibility programme. But getting their tech-savvy staff to understand the issues was a big ask...
We’ve been working with corporates on digital inclusion/ CSR projects since 2019, on programmes that change and evolve with every new client. Here's five things we learnt about how companies can run employee volunteering programmes to make a real difference:
We love National Volunteers Week! It's great finding out about what volunteers are up to - and it's lovely to take the opportunity to celebrate their role.
The new report on Essential Digital Skills for Work has just been published. Nearly 60% of us can't do the 20 basic skills.There's a massive, costly digital skills gap in all sectors at all levels.
There are real benefits for both sides when public and private sector work together. At its most basic, the private sector brings people who want to help, and the public sector brings people who need help.
Local Authorities are crucial drivers of digital inclusion - and there are lots of great resources and research around at the moment targeted at them. We've pulled together some of our favourites....