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  • Do you know this is a trusted source?

    11/02/2020 · Our thoughts

    Do you know this is a trusted source?

    Reflecting on Safer Internet Day 2020, Good Things' Group CEO Helen Milner reflects on why digital literacy is vital to helping people to use the internet securely.

  • Embedding Digital Social Inclusion for the most vulnerable people

    06/02/2020 · Our thoughts

    Embedding Digital Social Inclusion for the most vulnerable people

    Digital Social Inclusion Manager, Rob Shapiro, discusses the 2020 phase of Reboot UK, which was born from a desire to support people from excluded communities to realise the positive benefits of digital technology.

  • Better health for a divided nation. Can we fix it? Yes, we can.

    29/01/2020 · Our thoughts

    Better health for a divided nation. Can we fix it? Yes, we can.

    Good Things' Group CEO Helen Milner looks at innovative ways to bring digital health literacy and digital services to people in communities in order to achieve better health outcomes.

  • What does 56,000 people look like?

    16/01/2020 · Our thoughts

    What does 56,000 people look like?

    Our Communications and Campaigns Manager, Chris Andersson, puts into context the scale of Get Online Week 2019's reach.

  • Learn for Life

    01/11/2019 · Our thoughts

    An introduction to Online Centres: My Learn For Life visit

    Our Senior Network Officer, Bryony Evans, tells us about her visit to one of our community partners, Learn for Life, a community hub based in Sheffield.

  • Designing for Future Digital Inclusion

    20/08/2019 · Our thoughts

    Designing for Future Digital Inclusion

    As the landscape for accessing support to learn essential digital skills changes, we need to adapt our model too.

  • Clearing the path: Online Centres help people connect with government

    01/05/2019 · Our thoughts

    Clearing the path: Online Centres help people connect with government

    As 2019 marks our HMRC project's fifth year of supporting people in communities to use HMRC services, Digital Social Inclusion Manager Natalie Thorpe looks at the impact the project has had.

  • Reducing parental conflict through digital means

    29/04/2019 · Our thoughts

    Reducing parental conflict through digital means

    Digital Social Inclusion Manager, Louise Branch, explains how Good Things plan to support families through digital to reduce parental conflict.

  • Same aim, different place – my time with the Be Connected Network

    09/04/2019 · Our thoughts

    Same aim, different place – my time with the Be Connected Network

    Our Network Development Manager Jonathan Bradwell recounts his experiences working with the Be Connected Network in Australia for five weeks.

  • A place of welcome

    01/04/2019 · Our thoughts

    A place of welcome

    Our Research Manager, James Richardson, talks about his visit to St James Church, one of our new Online Centres joining us as part of the Digital You project which aims to get more Salford residents online.

  • Bigger than the sum of its parts: A network for social change

    18/07/2018 · Our thoughts

    Bigger than the sum of its parts: A network for social change

    Head of the Online Centres Network, Gabrielle Woodhams, explains a bit about the network, and we hear from Zest, a community partner in Sheffield.

  • People, Power and Tech

    30/04/2018 · Our thoughts

    People, Power and Tech

    Director of Digital Social Inclusion, Adam Micklethwaite, expands on doteveryone's second People, Power and Tech report, focusing on digital understanding.