News, thoughts & stories
The latest news, thoughts and stories from the experts on all things digital inclusion, technology for social good, community delivery and learning, and so much more!
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Powering through, a time to reflect
James Richardson blogs about what the 15 grantee partners have achieved in the first year of the Power Up inititiative.
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Volunteers’ Week 2020
Volunteer Manager, Hilary Nugent, talks about her volunteering experience, and how the nature of volunteering has changed this year due to Covid-19.
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Embedding digital within our community
Director of Spire View Housing, Fiona Murphy, writes about how being supported by Power Up has impacted the charity - and how they have adapted over the last few months.
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Better call Kelly
Director of People Know How, Glenn Lidall, writes about Kelly, who they have recently supported through Power Up to set up her own cleaning business.
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Money, debt, digital: 5 new ways to lose out
Our Director of Design, Research and Comms, Emma Stone, unpicks how digital exclusion exacerbates poverty and financial exclusion, and why digital inclusion to enable financial stability is more crucial now than ever.
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Financial exclusion and digital exclusion often go hand in hand
APLE Collective are working as part of a coalition of partners with Good Things Foundation, Clean Slate, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Mastercard to offer immediate support to digitally and financially excluded people in the UK, with a focus on those in poverty hit hardest by the impact of Covid-19.
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Creative and remote working during Covid-19
Sarah Brown, Bourne Digital Project Manager at Ansbury Guidance, tells us how being supported by Power Up has impacted the charity - and how it has coped over the last few months.
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Staying Resilient: Being Woman
Fareeha from Being Woman discusses how their Response and Resilience Fund grant has aided Being Woman to respond to the changing needs of the people it supports as a result of Covid-19.
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DevicesDotNow: Florence
DevicesDotNow aims to get thousands of internet-connected devices to people who are even further excluded from technology during the coronavirus outbreak. We hear from Florence, 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.