Table by Kat Dixon at the Data Poverty Lab on what you need the internet for. Downloadable version here
We are a digitally divided society. Nearly 20 million people have “low” or “very low” digital skills. That’s 38% of the adult population who don’t have the skills needed to thrive in society today.
The need for digital inclusion and skills has been particularly acute since the pandemic and increased during the cost of living crisis. Here are some background resources & reports to help you get your head around the issues.
- The crucial facts and stats: about digital inclusion.
- Essential Digital Skills for Work: summary of the report on skills in the workplace (March 2023).
- Inclusion in digital health & care: long read resource from the Kings Fund (March 2023)
- The Digital Poverty Alliance Evidence Review: important review (July 2022), and our CEO Emma Weston's response.
- Economic Impact of Digital Inclusion from the GTF (July 2022), and a quick summary from Digital Inclusion Toolkit.
- Community Tech Aid Impact Report: (August 2022) case study about the impact of donated phones.
- Lloyds Consumer Digital Index: the benchmark - the largest on-going annual study of the UK's digital and financial lives.
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