Get involved in Get Online Week

The UK's largest digital inclusion campaign is nearly here. Get Online Week, our annual campaign, is happening 16th-22nd October. There's plenty of ways to get involved, whether you're a community organisation, want to help a friend or family member, or are a digital inclusion advocate.

 

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

    The National Device Bank

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

  • National Databank

    National Databank

    The National Databank is providing free data to 500,000 people in need via Good Things Foundation’s network of community partners, in partnership with Virgin Media O2, Vodafone and Three.

  • Learn My Way: free bite-sized learning for beginner digital skills

    Learn My Way: free bite-sized learning for beginner digital skills

    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.”

Read more Good Things

  • The National Device Bank: Changing lives one device at a time

    07/09/2023 · Our stories

    The National Device Bank: Changing lives one device at a time

    The National Device Bank is up and running and we're already seeing the social impact.

  • 07/09/2023 · Our stories

    The National Device Bank: Changing lives one device at a time

    The National Device Bank is up and running and we're already seeing the social impact.

     

    01/09/2023 · Our thoughts

    Five ways digital exclusion affects people

    Natasha Bright-Wray, Associate Director of Communications, Campaigns and Advocacy, reveals five alarming realities faced by those who are digitally excluded in the UK.

     

    24/07/2023 · News

    People in the UK calling for action on digital exclusion

    We’re advocating that the current and any future Government prioritise digital exclusion. New polling data shows that people in the UK are supportive, and are calling for action. A blog by Helen Milner.