Insights
We act based on what we know and we always learn from what we do. We also think that sharing and collaborating is the best way to move things forward. Take a look at our research and insights and get in touch if you want to talk to us about what we do.
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Adult learning matters
Learning and Development Manager, Kevin Maye, helps us understand the need for, and benefits of, adult learning.
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Strengthening the network
Six weeks after our network community partners had to physically close their doors, Gabrielle Woodhams, Head of Network at Good Things Foundation, updates us on the response.
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A new manifesto for digital inclusion
Adam Micklewaithe, our Director of Digital Social Inclusion, discusses what needs to be done post-covid to make sure everyone has access to essential digital devices, connectivity and skills.
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Stories of hope: how our network is responding to Covid-19
Find out how our community partners have responded with resilience to Covid-19 from our Head of Network, Gabrielle Woodhams.
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Peer-research – a participant’s perspective
Following some peer research we did for Get Online Week, our annual campaign for improving digital skills, Peer Researcher Amanda shares her thoughts on the campaign.
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Clicking On In Sunderland
A report on Peer Research Findings and Recommendations for Make It Click - a two-year project which aims to shift the dial on helping ‘limited users’ of the internet in the UK to gain the confidence and new skills they need to thrive online.
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Doing digital: How it can help improve wellbeing in the homelessness sector
This guide offers advice and resources for homelessness organisations wishing to do more with digital.
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Supporting digital inclusion of adults with low English language skills
We set out to learn from existing research and from the expertise and practice of community-based tutors, to test out insights and co-produce ideas
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Can social media support health?
Public Health Wales in collaboration with Bangor University carried out a nationally representative household survey in Wales exploring people’s use of technology to support health.
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Broadening digital skills for future work
Good Things Foundation and Accenture partnered together to deliver the Future Proof: Skills for Work project, which sought to engage and support individuals with limited digital skills to prosper in the 21st-century workplace.
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Shocks, knocks and skill building blocks
Report finds that all-round support, responsive to individual circumstances and needs, helps the low-skilled to acquire essential digital work skills and helps them build the digital confidence and resilience they need for the jobs of today and tomorrow.
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Gaining and sustaining digital skills
Good Things Foundation Researcher, Joseph Chambers, discusses how the Future Proof: Skills for Work programme, which aims to equip learners with digital skills and supporting change to the underlying behaviours driving their learning.
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