Digital For All

We're all for digital, so shouldn't digital be for all? Good Things has launched a major national campaign that draws attention to digital exclusion - and the incredible way people's lives change when they become digitally included.

 

We're a charity with one clear mission: to Fix the Digital Divide - for Good.

We've developed a comprehensive service for digitally excluded people. An offer which any local organisation - anywhere in the UK - can use to Fix the Digital Divide in their communities.

Reaching milestones for digital inclusion

In just one year of launching our new strategy, we made a real impact together with our partners and the National Digital Inclusion Network. But there’s still more we need to do – find out how you can get involved.

 

Our policy asks

We're calling for the Government to act on digital inclusion with three clear policy asks: co-invest to help more digitally excluded people, scrap broadband VAT, and reuse tech for social good.

Powering free digital inclusion services

These services are delivered through the National Digital Inclusion Network, made up of thousands of grassroots organisations reaching digitally excluded people across the UK.

  • A woman helping a man setup and use a tablet

    National Device Bank

    The secure, sustainable and socially responsible solution for corporate IT asset disposal. Don’t dispose, donate your company's unused tech to the National Device Bank and help digitally excluded people get online.

  • National Databank

    National Databank

    Like a foodbank but for mobile data, the National Databank provides free mobile SIM cards to help digitally excluded people get connected.

  • Learn My Way

    Learn My Way

    Digital skills support is at the heart of the National Digital Inclusion Network. Learn My Way helps people with low or no digital skills to gain confidence and learn how to use the internet and digital technologies.

Working together to fix the digital divide

 

Our partners

We don’t do this alone - our partnerships are the lifeblood that drive our ambition to fix the digital divide. We make a real impact by working with collaborative and innovative partners who share our passion to succeed in our mission.

 

Stories from people supported to get online

“I feel that everything is falling into place, I’m more focused on my goals going forward rather than looking back at where I went wrong. My journey has made me stronger. Compared to where I was a year ago, I’m more ambitious and back to where Shahida was - I’m back to myself.”

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    09/01/2024 · Our stories

    Free data and devices helps Amer settle into life in the UK

    From an asylum seeker with no internet access to becoming a volunteer at Job4Me, access to free data and a device has helped Amer kickstart his life in the UK.

  • 09/01/2024 · Our stories

    Free data and devices helps Amer settle into life in the UK

    From an asylum seeker with no internet access to becoming a volunteer at Job4Me, access to free data and a device has helped Amer kickstart his life in the UK.

     

    08/01/2024 · News

    HMRC awards Good Things another 3 year grant

    Good Things have received more funding from HMRC, enabling us to support individuals facing digital and other barriers to accessing HMRC services.

     

    10/01/2024 · News

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    New data from the Office of National Statistics reveals that Over-70s are UK’s most online adults after twenty-somethings. Our Head of Research and Data Insights, Katie Heard, explores these findings.