A few weeks ago, members of the GDS Digital Inclusion and Assisted Digital team visited Castle House, a sheltered housing scheme that serves elderly and vulnerable people in Lambeth where they have created a “digital community”. The aim was to …
Today I spoke at the Lambeth Digital Inclusion Conference and it was a great opportunity to meet practitioners and hear about what’s happening to reduce digital exclusion across communities. The work that Lambeth has carried out around their communities is …
13-19 October is the 8th national Get Online Week, inspiring people across the UK to get online and do more with digital skills. By Eleri Pengelly, Deputy Director of Digital Inclusion Six months ago, I joined the Digital Inclusion team …
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 we can’t achieve this goal alone: the cornerstone of our …
We’ve recently established a Digital Inclusion Charter Signatories group on digitaskills.com. The website was created by Go ON UK, the UK’s digital skills alliance, to provide a platform for asking questions, accessing resources for digital skills, and includes an interactive …
...and Charter. By Nick Williams, Consumer Digital Director At Lloyds Banking Group we are committed to improving the digital maturity of both individuals and businesses in the UK. By digital...
There is a lot of great work going on by organisations from across the public, private and voluntary sectors to help people and organisations go online and take advantage of the internet. Our Digital Inclusion Strategy sets out how we …
...search for jobs. He also uses google maps to work out where potential jobs are and how to get to interviews. He says it’s “better to be here than at...
...England, presented his views on the future of libraries and this kicked off the afternoon of discussions and workshopping. Libraries provide a hub open to anyone The main focus of...
...government sectors and digital skills providers. The board members include : AgeUK BT Lloyds Local Government Association SOCITM Tinder Foundation Citizens' Online The board also includes a representative of the...