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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  • Strengthening the network

    06/05/2020 · Accessibility and wider inequalities | Digital inclusion in communities

    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.

  • A new manifesto for digital inclusion

    16/04/2020 · Data poverty and devices | Digital skills and adult learning

    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.

  • Stories of hope: how our network is responding to Covid-19

    14/04/2020 · Digital inclusion in communities

    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.

  • Peer-research – a participant’s perspective

    07/04/2020 · Digital inclusion in communities | Digital skills and adult learning

    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.

  • Clicking On In Sunderland

    07/04/2020 · Digital skills and adult learning | Jobs

    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.

  • Doing digital: How it can help improve wellbeing in the homelessness sector

    26/03/2020 · Health and wellbeing

    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.

  • 01/03/2020 · Accessibility and wider inequalities

    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

  • Can social media support health?

    04/02/2020 · Accessing online services | Health and wellbeing

    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.

  • Broadening digital skills for future work

    03/02/2020 · Digital skills and adult learning | Jobs

    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.

  • Shocks, knocks and skill building blocks

    25/01/2020 · Jobs

    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.

  • Gaining and sustaining digital skills

    24/01/2020 · Digital skills and adult learning

    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.

  • Connecting with digital report

    13/11/2019 · Health and wellbeing

    Connecting with digital report

    Read the report on our Community Connector programme, which evaluated the capacity-building effect of investing in individuals to work with front line workers to support the progression of people with mental health issues, or who are experiencing homelessness.