3.7 million families are below the minimum digital living standard.

There are many reasons for digital exclusion ranging from poor internet access and cost to digital illiteracy.

Pleased that Good Things Foundation & Careful Trouble are working hard to ensure we #FixTheDigitalDivide .

Fantastic to meet the team at Good Things Foundation to discuss #DigitalInclusion and the findings of their Digital Nation 2024 research🖥️🛜🇬🇧

You can read more👇
goodthingsfoundation.org/insights/build…

#FixTheDigitalDivide

We’re here in London to launch Digital Nation 2024, our annual infographic compiling research on the state of digital inclusion in the UK.

Brilliant to be celebrating the launch with our strategic partners, supporters & businesses that want to #FixTheDigitalDivide - for good!

The Good Things Foundation have launched Digital Nation 2024.

The graphic is quite worrying and highlights the digital divide.

92% think most essential services require internet access
8.5m lack basic digital skills
50% higher food costs without internet

#FixTheDigitalDivide

🚀 We were pleased to join Good Things Foundation at the launch of Digital Nation 2024.

♻️ In 2023, we donated 465 refurbished company iPads to people who were digitally excluded and we're continuing our commitment to #FixTheDigitalDivide this year. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4bhsqgS

Thank you to MP Matt Warman MP for supporting #DigitalInclusion & sponsoring today's event.

By working together in Gov, business & our daily lives, we can change the state of our digital nation & #FixTheDigitalDivide - for good

View Digital Nation 2024: goodthingsfoundation.org/insights/build…

Fantastic! No doubt Emma Lewell-Buck MP will be delighted to know there's a Databank in her own constituency of #SouthTyneside - H&H - and we're also onboard with Good Things Foundation to #FixTheDigitalDivide

📨 Don't miss the latest issue of our #FixTheDigitalDivide bulletin, including;
✅ Recycle for Greater Manchester community fund supports digital inclusion
✅ Explore the Minimum Digital Living Standard with Good Things Foundation
✅ MadLab host DigiCamp

➡️ orlo.uk/yBK5W

Thanks Emma Lewell-Buck MP for joining us & driving change to #FixTheDigitalDivide .

We urge the merge of MP engagement and local Digital Inclusion Hubs, bringing together policymaking with lived experience. 🤝

Take a look at some impactful outcomes so far: bit.ly/47wXrwp

The Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership Digital Inclusion Network is an online networking group for anyone interested in digital inclusion and wants to work together to tackle digital inequality.

Book your place at the next event here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-incl…

#FixTheDigitalDivide #DigitalInclusion

Have you ever felt left behind in our fast-moving digital world? Worry not! Wavemaker Stoke is here to bridge the gap with our easy-to-follow workshops, and they're completely free!

#FixTheDigitalDivide #LevellingUp #DigitalSkills #UKSPF

In the #DigitalStockport blog today, Chris Nortcliff talks about the impact of digital on health, social care and wellbeing. #DigiKnow Greater Manchester Primary Care Provider Board @GMCADigital #FixTheDigitalDivide orlo.uk/sOyuK

6% of households still have no internet access. As more services and support networks become digital-only, the negative impacts of remaining offline increase. If you'd like to help people get online, please join the #DigiKnow network: orlo.uk/4pnyC #FixTheDigitalDivide

📢 Good Things Foundation has launched the Digital Nation 2024 digital exclusion infographic:

🔧8.5m lack basic digital skills
🛜 0.6m young people lack home internet/suitable device
💻3.7m families below Minimum Digital Living Standard

goodthingsfoundation.org/insights/build… #FixTheDigitalDivide

💬 'Delighted to be one of the newest databanks of the Good Things Foundation National Digital Inclusion network.'

💬 'In 2022 over 4 million people had to stop spending on mobile, broadband or insurance, leaving them isolated & vulnerable.'

In need of help? DM us

#FixTheDigitalDivide

And since there’s been 10 years of Digital Nation, there had to be a Digital Nation cake 🎂

Digital inclusion is high on the agenda for this group of businesses. It’s time to make it one on yours - before the digital divide gets any deeper.

Together we’ll #FixTheDigitalDivide

What's the state of our digital nation? The latest research shows it's a digital paradox.

There's a clear case for action. Gov, business, community orgs & each one of us need to work together to #FixTheDigitalDivide .

See all Digital Nation 2024 research: goodthingsfoundation.org/insights/build…

Join us at Tommy Cheadles on Friday, 26th April, for a cosy morning with the Wavemaker team. From 10 am till noon, we'll be your personal tech buddies, ready to help you navigate the digital world. Hope to see you there!
#UKSPF #FixTheDigitalDivide #levellingup

Phil Swan Department for Science, Innovation and Technology WM5G John Steward Good Things Foundation Greater Manchester Combined Authority Alison MckenzieFolan💙 One of our favourite things about events like #ConnectedNorth is the opportunity to meet up with colleagues from across the region, like our Greater Manchester Digital Inclusion Leads ⬇️ #FixTheDigitalDivide

This marks 10 years of Digital Nation! Our Group CEO Helen is kicking us off. 🚀

We have the evidence. We have the research. We have the transformational stories.

Now we need collective action to #FixTheDigitalDivide .