100% Digital Leeds is working in partnership with five third-sector organisations on the Connecting and Protecting Communities project, funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). The project will see the coproduction of a toolkit that will provide other organisations with the resources needed to teach online safety and media literacy, including tackling misinformation and disinformation. ThisContinue reading “Connecting and Protecting Communities: workshop insights and impact”
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Partner Profile: Give a Gift
Give a Gift is a registered charity based in Harehills, an inner-city area of East Leeds. The organisation provides support to local communities facing disadvantage and destitution, including people from asylum seeker and refugee backgrounds. It supports these communities by bridging the gap between the assistance provided by statutory agencies and the needs of individualsContinue reading “Partner Profile: Give a Gift”
Carers Leeds Digital Befriending Service
Carers Leeds is a charity that provides advice, support and information to unpaid adult and parent carers across Leeds. They inform carers about their rights, offer opportunities for carers to receive support and attend wellbeing activities, and signpost to relevant services. Since 2020, 100% Digital Leeds has supported Carers Leeds to develop their digital supportContinue reading “Carers Leeds Digital Befriending Service”
Community Calling 2025
Community Calling is a national scheme created by the environmental charity Hubbub and Virgin Media O2. Hubbub works with community organisations and local councils to give unwanted smartphones to people who need them, along with up to 12 months’ free mobile data, minutes, and texts via the National Databank to help recipients get online. 100%Continue reading “Community Calling 2025”
Partner Profile: Purple Patch Arts
Purple Patch Arts is a charity established in 2009 and based in Beeston. Their mission is to provide opportunities for learning-disabled people across Yorkshire to thrive through engagement with innovative, creative lifelong learning. Purple Patch’s inclusive, person-centred approach focusses on arts and creativity, allowing people of all ages and levels of support needs to accessContinue reading “Partner Profile: Purple Patch Arts”
Connecting and Protecting Communities: delivering the project
100% Digital Leeds is working in partnership with five third-sector organisations on the Connecting and Protecting Communities project, funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). The organisations working on the project are: 100% Digital Leeds is developing a toolkit of resources, coproduced with the five organisations, that will provide other organisations with the toolsContinue reading “Connecting and Protecting Communities: delivering the project”
Work and Health Trailblazer: Digital Inclusion Personal Incentives
The Department for Work and Pensions Work and Health Trailblazer Programme was targeted at areas of the country with the highest levels of economic inactivity, enabling local leaders to give those furthest from employment the tools to get into work. West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) awarded over £800,000 to Leeds City Council to deliver pre-employment support to people who are economically inactiveContinue reading “Work and Health Trailblazer: Digital Inclusion Personal Incentives “
Connecting and Protecting Communities: coproducing a toolkit for tackling misinformation and disinformation
100% Digital Leeds has launched a new project that will see the coproduction of a bank of resources that organisations can use to teach online safety and media literacy, including tackling misinformation and disinformation. Financed by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), Connecting and Protecting Communities aims to give organisations the tools they need toContinue reading “Connecting and Protecting Communities: coproducing a toolkit for tackling misinformation and disinformation”
Partner Profile: Anshlah and Happiness Clinic
Anshlah is a grassroots organisation supporting migrant women with young children. Based in SHINE in Harehills, Anshlah work to raise aspirations and provide opportunities to the women they support. Anshlah’s members experience a range of barriers that make accessing services and support more difficult. These include digital exclusion, English as an additional language, literacy needs,Continue reading “Partner Profile: Anshlah and Happiness Clinic”
Partner Profile: New Wortley Community Centre
New Wortley Community Centre is a community-owned and community-led centre located in New Wortley, an inner-city area of West Leeds. A long-standing asset to the community, the centre opened in 1982 and is managed by New Wortley Community Association, a membership group that works to improve the area and the lives of people living inContinue reading “Partner Profile: New Wortley Community Centre”