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  • 30/07/2024

    Mitigating risks of digital exclusion in health systems

    This guide aims to help policy makers, commissioners and service providers to support discussions about digital inclusion in primary and secondary care.

  • 26/07/2024

    Local authorities’ experiences of working with partners in primary care to promote digital inclusion for health

    This report was conducted in partnership with NHS England’s Primary Care and Community Transformation and Improvement team and the Local Government Association (LGA) Digital Inclusion Network, on behalf of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance.

  • 22/07/2024

    Digital inclusion and online safety for adults

    Online safety is central to what being ‘digitally included’ means. It is especially important for people who are new or limited users of the internet and those in vulnerable situations. Read the report.

  • 22/07/2024

    The public sector pioneers reusing it equipment to fix the digital divide

    Interviews with nearly 30 public sector leaders revealed growing interest in reusing devices to help fix the digital divide. Read our report.

  • 19/07/2024

    The Digital Skills Pathway for Shared Prosperity

    With funding from the UK Government's Community Renewal Fund, we piloted our Digital Skills Pathway approach - addressing inequalities through partnership working and enabling local communities to thrive in the online world.

  • 10/07/2024

    Health inequalities & digital exclusion: supporting the Health Foundation's Covid-19 impact inquiry

    This paper provides an overview of digital exclusion’s relationship to health, social and economic aspects of people’s lives, conducted one year after the first Covid-19 lockdown.

  • 05/07/2024

    Scaling solutions to data poverty in the UK

    Data Poverty Lab Fellow Kat Dixon explores what data poverty is, how it manifests in people's daily lives, current solutions available & how we can collectively scale these solutions.

  • 02/07/2024

    Motivational barriers preventing people from using the internet

    This research, conducted in partnership with Prof. Simeon Yates (University of Liverpool) and BT, reveals the specific reasons people say they are unmotivated or unwilling to engage with the internet or digital technologies.

  • 02/07/2024

    Solving digital exclusion in a cost of living crisis: our House of Lords submission

    Read our submission to the House of Lords’ inquiry into digital exclusion and the cost of living, proposing policy recommendations to remove the barriers to digital inclusion for people and society’s economic growth.

  • 02/07/2024

    Circular electronics for social good

    This report highlights enablers, barriers, and opportunities to reuse IT equipment for social good, creating an opportunity for businesses to tackle two challenges in tandem: the digital divide and the linear economy.

  • 02/07/2024

    The economic impact of digital inclusion in the UK

    Investment in improving basic digital skills will lead to significant benefits for the UK economy. Our report, supported by Capita and commissioned by economists Cebr, sets out the costs and benefits to investing in digital inclusion.

  • 02/07/2024

    Digital inclusion in England's libraries

    We collaborated with Libraries Connected to research libraries’ role in digital inclusion. Here are the key findings and recommendations for action.

  • 02/07/2024

    Improving digital skills for employability

    From 2018-2019 we undertook intensive research to understand the digital skills landscape, and support people facing significant disadvantages to overcome barriers and learn digital skills to boost employability.

  • 02/07/2024

    Digital Inclusion in Health and Care

    We collaborated with NHSX, NHS Digital, NHS England and local partners in health, social care, and community sectors to improve digital participation in health and care.

  • 02/07/2024

    An evaluation of the Widening Digital Participation in Health programme

    This evaluation report examines the huge crossover between those who are digitally excluded and those who are at risk of poor health.

  • 02/07/2024

    An evaluation of the Future Digital Inclusion programme

    The Future Digital Inclusion (FDI) programme was funded by the Department for Education from 2014-2019 to support more than 1 million people to learn basic digital skills.

  • 02/07/2024

    Internet Access: Essential Utility or Human Right?

    Data Poverty Lab Fellow, Shade Nathaniel-Ayodele, argues that we need to reframe internet access as an essential utility and a human right. Read the report.

  • 25/04/2024

    Our Digital Nation

    What is the state of the UK's digital divide? Each year, Good Things Foundation gathers new facts and stats to reveal the reality of digital exclusion.

  • 17/03/2024

    The Minimum Digital Living Standard for Households with Children

    A collaborate research project with University of Liverpool, funded by Nuffield Health, revealed the Minimum Digital Living Standard that people need to participate in our modern world. Read the report.