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This is our place. Setting the next chapter towards being a world-leading digital city region. Where digital connectivity makes things better for people.
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https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/digital 18-03-2016 16:21:18
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✨ Donna Hall ✨
Social change, strategy (stories about people & places) policy, culture shift, public service reform, leadership #rebelalliance
Jennifer Williams
Northern correspondent, Financial Times. Ex-Manchester Evening News. ‘Cynical’ - Boris Johnson. @Cape_acuk fellow at @OfficialUoM [email protected]
Good Things Foundation
Let's #FixTheDigitalDivide - for Good. #NationalDeviceBank | #NationalDatabank | #LearnMyWay | #GetOnlineWeek | @NDI_Network | #DigitalForAll
Helen Pidd
Presenter of Today in Focus, the Guardian's award winning daily podcast (covering for @nosheeniqbal). Contact me in confidence via [email protected]
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Working together to make Greater Manchester greener, fairer and more prosperous.
📰 Catch up on digital over the weekend with the latest #GMDigital bulletin, including;
🧠 Cisco UK & Ireland & GMCA launch GM LINK
📞 Mayors call on gov over PSTN switchover
📄 Manchester Digital launch manifesto for northern tech economy & win Eagle Labs funding
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❗ Old tel. lines are being replaced with a digital network, affecting anything that sends a signal through the old line like personal alarm buttons & old style landlines.
Check if the #DigitalSwitchover will affect you, or someone you know ➡orlo.uk/ITOgN
📰 Tech skills & innovation provider IN4 Group and Amazon Web Services re/Start celebrated 600 people graduating from Skills City‘s Skills Bootcamps, showcasing GM's dynamic tech industry and diverse talent that supports it. Read more ➡ orlo.uk/Bqa7S #DoingDigitalDifferently
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, expressed concerns about the impact of the analogue tel. line retirement. “We shouldn’t be making changes to infrastructure that keeps people safe without absolute confidence in new arrangements...' ➡ orlo.uk/0qmwm #FixTheDigitalDivide
📣We want you!
With Cisco UK & Ireland, we've launched the LINK Programme, a social value innovation incubator for the city-region.
If you’ve got an idea to solve challenges in Health & social care, or climate change, we want to hear it & help make it a reality
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🗣️ “This is another great step in Greater Manchester’s vision to become a world leading digital city-region'
Download the #GetOnlineGM : support for disabled people guide and help someone you know with disabilities find the right digital support for them
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🥳 Almost 1,500 young care leavers across Greater Manchester have accessed a comprehensive digital support package, empowering them to build their digital skills and benefit from the opportunities digital access brings, as part of #GetOnlineGM
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🗺️ Do you know someone struggling to stay online, access devices or build their digital skills confidently and safely?
The #GetOnlineGM Digital Skills Map is here to help find local digital inclusion support in Greater Manchester
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#FixTheDigitalDivide
❓Know a family member who has a personal telecare product? A lifeline or community alarm?
The #DigitalSwitchover may affect their service.
Help them find out what to expect so their care isn’t affected, and they can stay safe
➡️ orlo.uk/hDZuF
#FixTheDigitalDivide
🗣️ 'The digital world offers so much potential for older people, but it can be daunting too'
Our practical guide is here to help you support an older person you know to do digital in later life and stay connected.
➡️ orlo.uk/inZVa
#FixTheDigitalDivide #GetOnlineGM
🗣️ 'Everything was online, I felt I'd get left behind'
Our video brings to life the scale of digital exclusion Greater Manchester residents face, featuring Zac, Hadisa and Vivienne sharing their stories.
Watch the full video here ➡️ orlo.uk/QrjJQ
#FixTheDigitalDivide
📣 Up to 800,000 people in GM are only using the internet in a narrow or limited way, and 450,000 are classified as “non-users” of the internet.
Whatever stage someone is at on their digital journey, #GetOnlineGM is here to help find the right support
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📡🌍 Latest data shows the #GMDataBank has distributed over 37,074 free mobile data sims, providing eligible residents with the connectivity to benefit from opportunities that access to the digital world brings.
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#GetOnlineGM #FixTheDigitalDivide
📣 The latest #GetOnlineGM guide was developed with organisations of Greater Manchester’s Disabled People Panel, advising that many disabled people & care professionals aren't aware of where to access digital support.
Find out more ⬇️
orlo.uk/R9IDQ
Chris Hamnett
❓ Want to feature in the upcoming #GMDigital bulletin?
Get your news, opportunities and events shared with the rest of Greater Manchester's digital sector - drop us a message or email [email protected]
Don't forget to subscribe ➡️ orlo.uk/C2sCw
🔐 Are you password secure?
Strong passwords are key to reducing the risk of cyber attacks
This #WorldPasswordDay visit our #GetOnlineGM cyber security page for a list of existing resources to help you, or someone you support, to stay safe online
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