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The latest news, thoughts and stories from the experts on all things digital inclusion, technology for social good, community delivery and learning, and so much more!
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Why you should become a Digital Champion
Our Volunteers Manager, Hilary Nugent, blogs about the value of Digital Champions and why technical knowledge may not be the most important skill that they need.
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Connecting Women – The legacy of Rosemary Crawley
Hear how Good Things Foundation’s former Group Finance and Human Resources Director, Margaret Bennett, honoured her friend by helping female asylum seekers and refugees access data and support.
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Digital exclusion has changed – Government action is needed to tackle it for good
In this guest blog, Josh Abey sets out The Fabian Society's recommendations to fix the digital divide following their new research.
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Rising costs and digital division
Our Director of Evidence and Engagement, Dr. Emma Stone, highlights 5 things you can do today to help eradicate data poverty and the digital poverty premium.
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Training Top Hits
Our Community Engagement Officer, Matthew Airey, blogs about some of our most successful training sessions.
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Digital Lifeline for people with learning disabilities
More support is needed to extend a digital lifeline to people with learning disabilities, our Director of Evidence and Engagement, Dr. Emma Stone, writes.
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Together we can fix the digital divide: we need your help
To fix the digital divide through the new National Device Bank, we need your help, writes Good Things Group CEO Helen Milner.
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To Level Up we need to Fix The Digital Divide
The Government needs to put digital inclusion at the heart of Covid-19 recovery, harness the appetite for change, and take decisive action to fix the digital divide writes our Group CEO Helen Milner.
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The pandemic has exacerbated loneliness for LGBTQ+ people, here’s how digital inclusion could help
Our Communications Officer, Phoebe Scholefield, discusses the importance of digital inclusion for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Supporting HMRC customers in a time of need
The events of the last 2 years have pushed digital exclusion firmly into the spotlight. With 2.6 million people in the UK still offline, and almost 15 million with very low digital engagement, there is still a big job to do. Through this period, people have relied on digital technology to access essential services, including those provided by the Government.
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How can we use digital to reduce social isolation over Christmas?
Connect Up is a project from Good Things Foundation, funded by the Scheinberg Relief Fund, to tackle loneliness and social isolation in older people. Connect Up will reach 17,500 older people who have been digitally and socially excluded during the pandemic and equip them with the skills needed to make and maintain meaningful connections with others.