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Barclays Community Fund gives £100,000 to support digitally excluded and disadvantaged people during Covid-19
Good Things are to receive £100,000 of Barclays' £100m Community Aid Package. The money will go towards the Everyone Connected project, tackling device and data poverty during Covid-19.
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3.9 million in North face ‘locked down, locked out’ digital double whammy
With new COVID-19 restrictions expected, digitally excluded people in the Midlands, North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber will be hardest hit, says charity.
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This October, stop and ‘See It Differently’
We have joined forces with OnePlusOne to produce a series of animations and resources designed to help parents recognise and manage conflict in their relationship.
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Building back better for everyone
At the Conservative Party Conference, the Government committed to 'building back better'. A commitment to digital inclusion is a vital foundation for a better future.
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BBC Children in Need awards Good Things Foundation £500,000
Good Things will use this new funding for our Connecting Families project, to purchase devices and data packages for disadvantaged families.
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£500,000 in National Lottery funding to upskill 4,000 people and support communities through COVID-19
Good Things Foundation has been awarded £500,000 from The National Lottery Community Fund to bolster its work supporting communities affected by the COVID-19 crisis to engage with digital.
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Financial exclusion and digital exclusion often go hand in hand
APLE Collective are working as part of a coalition of partners with Good Things Foundation, Clean Slate, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Mastercard to offer immediate support to digitally and financially excluded people in the UK, with a focus on those in poverty hit hardest by the impact of Covid-19.
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Government toolkit features our free courses
A free online toolkit to build skills during the coronavirus outbreak and beyond has been launched by the Government, featuring our free Learn My Way and Make it Click resources.
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Stories from the community: Online Chum Mentoring
Bob Dennis from the Park View Project in Newcastle tells us about their Online Chum Mentoring scheme, pairing more digitally skilled members of their community with people looking to improve their digital skills.
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Future Proof: Skills for Work launched
Good Things Foundation is to partner with Accenture and Nesta to deliver the Future Proof: Skills for Work programme.
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See It Differently this January
We have teamed up with One Plus One to produce short videos to help parents 'See It Differently' and learn new ways of managing conflict.
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£1.5 million awarded to 15 new projects aiming to close the digital divide
15 exciting new projects have been funded to tackle the digital skills gap as part of a new initiative, run by Good Things Foundation, with support from J.P. Morgan.