News, thoughts & stories
We like to think we’re experts in all things digital inclusion, technology for social good, community learning...in fact, quite a few things! If you’d like to know what we know, why not take a look at our latest news, thoughts and stories.
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Let’s accelerate efforts to fix the digital divide
Lloyds Banking Group has today published its annual Consumer Digital Index – our CEO takes a look at the findings.
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Capita and Good Things Foundation team up to tackle digital divide
New partnership will help regional leaders across England tackle the digital divide in their communities.
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Over 25? A re-introduction to Job Seeking and Adult Education in 2021
Interested in adult education? Our Digital Social Inclusion Officer, Matt Moxon takes a look at job seeking and adult education in this extensive piece.
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How do we prevent a ‘loneliness pandemic’?
Our CEO, Helen Milner, looks at the important role digital inclusion can play in reducing loneliness
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Gordon Brown is right
Our CEO, Helen Milner, welcomes the call for a national plan to fix the digital divide from former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
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Partnering to bring an end to Data Poverty
A new Data Poverty Lab - supported by Nominet - will bring together people, groups and ideas from across the UK, to help end data poverty by 2024.
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Let’s end data poverty together
Our CEO Helen Milner and Nominet’s Head of Public Benefit, Chris Ashworth, reflect on what the Data Poverty Lab will mean for digital inclusion.
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Response and Resilience Fund award: Walthew House
A Good Things Foundation fund set up to provide short-term financial support to centres struggling in the wake of the pandemic has helped one centre to adapt and continue to deliver vital services.
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The Challenges of Being Woman: 2020
Fareeha Usman, founder of Being Woman, reflects on how the organisation dealt with such an extraordinary and unexpected year.
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New coalition to tackle the digital divide in the West Midlands
West Midlands Combined Authority announces new Coalition for Digital Inclusion, in partnership with Good Things Foundation.
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Tackling digital and financial exclusion to build back better
For digitally excluded people, lockdown has made managing money even harder. A year on, Mastercard UK and Ireland Divisional President, Kelly Devine, and our CEO, Helen Milner write about how our coalition has ensured nobody is left in the dark.
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Good Things Foundation celebrates commitment to Real Living Wage
Good Things Foundation is accredited as a Living Wage Employer.
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