Our brand new Connect@Xmas website has festive, digital resources that are easy to use and will spark new ideas and know-how to help people all year round. Because after all, digital skills are for life, not just for Christmas ?.

It’s a scientific fact that helping someone makes you feel good. The simple theory is that being generous, compassionate and selfless produces endorphins in the brain that boost positive emotions, otherwise known as Helper’s High. Better still, acts of kindness lower stress levels and can lead to better health and wellbeing.

In our world of digital skills and digital inclusion, we only have to glance over at the Digital Champions in our Network to see the Helper’s High in full glory.

If you want to learn a little more about how you can connect people this Christmas and beyond then check out our new and free mini courses.

Digital Unite is leading a new skills programme to help adults with mild or moderate learning disabilities into work and enable organisations to benefit from a thriving and valuable workforce.

There are an estimated 800,000 working age people with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities in the UK but only 17% are in work¹. The onset of Covid-19 means that people with learning disabilities are at further risk of being excluded from work opportunities due to the increasing reliance on digital skills, the move to remote working and rising unemployment.

100 people have donned new Digital Champion capes in recent months as they have been helping people to stay connected and stay informed during Covid-19.

There's no doubt that the last few months have been, well, different.

We’ve been chatting with lots of our Digital Champions about how they provide digital skills support - whether that's remotely or face-to-face.

Here is a quick-fire round-up of some of the top tricks and tips...