Our Autism and Learning Disabilities Digital Inclusion Coordinator, has been working with members of the Autism and Learning Disability Digital Inclusion Network to look at ways that digital technologies can be used to make employment more accessible for people with learning disabilities. This accessible video CV guide is a collaboration between 100% Digital Leeds andContinue reading “Accessible video CV guide”
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Partner profile: Your Back Yard
Your Back Yard are a social enterprise organisation based in West Leeds that focus on supporting communities across the city to be able to live healthier, more active, and happier lives. They provide a range of sports and wellbeing activities aimed at older adults, including walking football, walking netball, and tai chi. Through the pandemicContinue reading “Partner profile: Your Back Yard”
Partner profile: Leeds Libraries
Leeds has 34 public libraries across the city and as a universal provider offers services to a wide and diverse range of communities. Libraries are safe spaces within communities with trusted staff on hand, which provides plenty of opportunities to make positive interventions when it comes to digital inclusion. Frontline staff as Digital Champions 100%Continue reading “Partner profile: Leeds Libraries”
Partner profile: Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Meanwood Valley Urban Farm is a 26 acre working farm, with a wide variety of animals. It is also a registered charity, and a major centre for community and environmental work. Established in 1980, their goal was to reconnect urban people with their food. The farm works in partnership with Leeds City Council in providing a communityContinue reading “Partner profile: Meanwood Valley Urban Farm”
Partner profile: CHANFOB
Change For The Better (CHANFOB) are a non-profit organisation committed to connecting, supporting and empowering individuals and families living in Leeds, especially those from minority and disadvantaged backgrounds. The majority of their clients are from Black African communities across the city, but they are open to working with anyone who could benefit from their assistance.Continue reading “Partner profile: CHANFOB”
Partner Profile: Holbeck Together
Holbeck Together have worked in partnership with the 100% Digital Leeds team for over 2 years, developing their digital inclusion offer to better support their communities in South Leeds. As an organisation they are well placed within Holbeck to support the needs of their service users. They take a person-centred approach in providing a varietyContinue reading “Partner Profile: Holbeck Together”
Community Calling Case Study
O2 and Hubbub launched the Community Calling campaign in Leeds in January 2021. The campaign gifts smartphones with free data, calls and texts to digitally excluded people. 100% Digital Leeds worked closely with Hubbub to coordinate the distribution of phones through our networks of community partners across the city. As well as working collaboratively withContinue reading “Community Calling Case Study”
Free creative digital storytelling workshops
LEEDS 2023 are excited to be working on a series of free workshops in partnership with 100% Digital Leeds that aim to make creative software training more accessible to Leeds communities. Each workshop will give you new ways to share your own stories and the stories of the people you work with using free andContinue reading “Free creative digital storytelling workshops”
Embedding Digital Inclusion: Leep1
Online activities with Leep1 Get online week is over for this year, but we’re going to carry on our theme of embedding digital inclusion by sharing a selection of case studies throughout the week which showcase some of the excellent ways our partners have integrated digital aspects into non-digital activities. Mandy Haigh, project and developmentContinue reading “Embedding Digital Inclusion: Leep1”
Embedding Digital Inclusion: Pyramid of Arts
Pass the Print with Pyramid Get online week is over for this year, but we’re going to carry on our theme of embedding digital inclusion by sharing a selection of case studies throughout the week which showcase some of the excellent ways our partners have integrated digital aspects into non-digital activities. This entry is fromContinue reading “Embedding Digital Inclusion: Pyramid of Arts”