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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DevicesDotNow: Mable
DevicesDotNow is aiming to get thousands of internet-connected devices out to people who are further excluded from technology during the coronavirus outbreak. We hear from Mable, one of the recipients of a device.
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Government toolkit features our free courses
A free online toolkit to build skills during the coronavirus outbreak and beyond has been launched by the Government, featuring our free Learn My Way and Make it Click resources.
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Stories from the community: Online Chum Mentoring
Bob Dennis from the Park View Project in Newcastle tells us about their Online Chum Mentoring scheme, pairing more digitally skilled members of their community with people looking to improve their digital skills.
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Harnessing Connections: Online Centres Network and DevicesDotNow
Researcher Joseph Chambers discusses how we can use the connectivity of the online centres network to reach vulnerable and isolated individuals during Covid-19.
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DevicesDotNow – Firoozeh Salimi
Find out how DevicesDotNow, a project providing emergency devices and data to those struggling due to Covid-19, helped Firoozeh and her family
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Listening to our Online Centres Network
James Richardson, Research Manager at Good Things Foundation, explains how we're responding to the needs of the network during Covid-19.
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1.9 million are isolated by COVID-19 and are not online: we need to include them, now!
FutureDotNow is working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on a new campaign called DevicesDotNow to tackle digital exclusion.
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The NHS spends more than half its budget on people who can’t access the internet – here’s what I’m doing to change that
Our CEO, Helen Milner OBE, shines a light on how digital exclusion exacerbates health inequalities and highlights the urgent changes we need to make.
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Do you know this is a trusted source?
Reflecting on Safer Internet Day 2020, Good Things' CEO Helen Milner reflects on why digital literacy is vital to helping people to use the internet securely.
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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.
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Better health for a divided nation. Can we fix it? Yes, we can.
Good Things' 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.
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Future Proof: Skills for Work launched
Good Things Foundation is to partner with Accenture and Nesta to deliver the Future Proof: Skills for Work programme.
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