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    23/04/2020 · Our stories

    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.

  • Listening to our Online Centres Network

    06/04/2020 · Our thoughts

    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.

  • 1.9 million are isolated by COVID-19 and are not online: we need to include them, now!

    03/04/2020 · Our thoughts

    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.

  • 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

    27/02/2020 · Our thoughts

    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 Group CEO, Helen Milner OBE, shines a light on how digital exclusion exacerbates health inequalities and highlights the urgent changes we need to make.

  • Do you know this is a trusted source?

    11/02/2020 · Our thoughts

    Do you know this is a trusted source?

    Reflecting on Safer Internet Day 2020, Good Things' Group CEO Helen Milner reflects on why digital literacy is vital to helping people to use the internet securely.

  • Embedding Digital Social Inclusion for the most vulnerable people

    06/02/2020 · Our thoughts

    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.

  • Better health for a divided nation. Can we fix it? Yes, we can.

    29/01/2020 · Our thoughts

    Better health for a divided nation. Can we fix it? Yes, we can.

    Good Things' Group 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.

  • Future Proof: Skills for Work launched

    22/01/2020 · News

    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.

  • See It Differently this January

    20/01/2020 · News

    See It Differently this January

    We have teamed up with One Plus One to produce short videos to help parents 'See It Differently' and learn new ways of managing conflict.

  • What does 56,000 people look like?

    16/01/2020 · Our thoughts

    What does 56,000 people look like?

    Our Communications and Campaigns Manager, Chris Andersson, puts into context the scale of Get Online Week 2019's reach.

  • £1.5 million awarded to 15 new projects aiming to close the digital divide

    05/11/2019 · News

    £1.5 million awarded to 15 new projects aiming to close the digital divide

    15 exciting new projects have been funded to tackle the digital skills gap as part of a new initiative, run by Good Things Foundation, with support from J.P. Morgan.

  • Learn for Life

    01/11/2019 · Our thoughts

    An introduction to Online Centres: My Learn For Life visit

    Our Senior Network Officer, Bryony Evans, tells us about her visit to one of our community partners, Learn for Life, a community hub based in Sheffield.