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”
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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”
Demystifying devices for digital inclusion, in partnership with Reconome
In November 2025 100% Digital Leeds and circular IT specialists Reconome hosted the below webinar supporting digital inclusion delivery partners to build their confidence in buying the right devices for their digital inclusion project, ensuring value for money and maximum social impact. As well as the below webinar recording, you can download ‘A Practical GuideContinue reading “Demystifying devices for digital inclusion, in partnership with Reconome”
Migration Update in Leeds: supporting digital inclusion for migrant communities
In September 2025 Leeds City Council’s Director of Communities, Housing and Environment provided an update on migration activity in Leeds to the council’s Environment, Housing and Communities Scrutiny Board. The report provides an overview of migration-related developments in Leeds, highlighting key challenges faced by new and settled migrant communities. It outlines the collaborative efforts ofContinue reading “Migration Update in Leeds: supporting digital inclusion for migrant communities”
The getUBetter app for people living with MSK
The getUBetter app is now available for people across Leeds who are living with Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. The app rollout in Leeds is part of the West Yorkshire Healthy Working Life Programme which is supporting people who are economically inactive due to ill health to return to work or stay in work and remain economically active. A walk-through of the getUBetter app This video includes screenshotsContinue reading “The getUBetter app for people living with MSK “