The new Cross Government Digital Inclusion Champion
By Jon Rouse, Director General, Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships. Just before Christmas I was asked if I would become a Whitehall champion for Digital Inclusion. It was...
By Jon Rouse, Director General, Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships. Just before Christmas I was asked if I would become a Whitehall champion for Digital Inclusion. It was...
When we published the Digital Inclusion Strategy back in April last year, we set ourselves the target of reducing the number of people that lack basic digital skills by 25%...
We know that there’s a huge amount of great DI activity taking place up and down the country, being taken forward by public, private and voluntary sector organisations alike. We try to get out and see good examples of this …
As we’ve discussed in previous posts, the GDS Digital Inclusion team and our partners are directing a lot of our energy at building a segmented understanding of who is digitally...
In April last year, the Government committed to supporting anyone looking to develop their digital skills to help them get online and make the most of the benefits. It’s a...
The Government’s Digital Inclusion Strategy sets out how we will work to reduce the number of people without basic digital skills and capabilities by a quarter by 2016. We know...
Our last research blog looked at the ‘what’ of digital inclusion, considering a range of measures that can enable us to meaningfully track progress and assess the impact of our...
The Digital Inclusion Strategy action plan makes a commitment to conduct research to understand where and how to target our digital inclusion efforts, with Action 10 stating that government will...
In April 2014, we launched the UK Digital Inclusion Strategy to ensure that everyone in the UK has the digital skills and capabilities to take full advantage of being online....
...Other online courses are provided by Digital Unite. Libraries Many libraries offer a range of digital services. These include internet access to customers, online library services including access to ebooks...
Digital skills are vital for both individuals and the economy. Digital inclusion is about having the right access, skills, motivation and trust to confidently go online. We use this blog to tell you about what government and its partners are doing to help people to benefit from all the advantages the internet can offer.