Leeds is one of nine councils awarded funding as part of the Local Government Association (LGA) Digital Pathfinders Programme, designed to support councils seeking to innovate and develop pioneering initiatives to advance digital inclusion, digital connectivity, and cyber security. 100% Digital Leeds have been funded to develop a Community-based Model to Increase Digital Inclusion and runContinue reading “LGA Pathfinder Workshop One”
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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”
Digital inclusion and food poverty
“I’ve sent people to the library to access a computer because if they’re looking for jobs, I mean… everything’s online, they don’t accept written applications, it’s got to be online.” Volunteer, St. Cross Church Food Bank in Middleton People experiencing food poverty are likely to also be experiencing digital poverty. Organisations supporting people experiencing foodContinue reading “Digital inclusion and food poverty”
Digital Health Hub Launches in South Leeds
Community organisations in south Leeds have been working with 100% Digital Leeds and Beeston and Middleton Local Care Partnership to develop a local network of Digital Health Hubs, places in the community where people can go to get support to get online and make the most of the internet to improve their health and wellbeing.Continue reading “Digital Health Hub Launches in South Leeds”
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”
Embedding Digital Inclusion: Carers Leeds
Walking with Carers Leeds 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. First up, we’re hearing fromContinue reading “Embedding Digital Inclusion: Carers Leeds”
Celebrate Get Online Week with 100% Digital Leeds!
18th – 24th October 2021 is Get Online Week and it’s not too late to get involved! Whether it’s making one of your existing activities a ‘Get Online Week special’ and bringing a bit of digital into someone’s day, signing up to one of our webinars to learn how you can do more with digital,Continue reading “Celebrate Get Online Week with 100% Digital Leeds!”
An update on the Digital Inclusion Toolkit
The Digital Inclusion Toolkit has officially entered its next stage of development. If you’ve been following our blogs on the development of the digital inclusion toolkit, you may have noticed that there has not been much news since the official launch of digitalinclusionkit.org back in December 2020. Our last blog summarised our progress so far,Continue reading “An update on the Digital Inclusion Toolkit”
Our groups can now meet ‘virtually’ and there’s still laughs… and coffee!” – Digital Champions making a real difference in Breathe Easy Groups
100% Digital Leeds have been supporting Leeds Breathe Easy groups over the last year with access to myCOPD, a self-management app to support them in self-managing their conditions. Delivering digital champion training with group members has enabled digital support to be embedded across the groups, which has supported members to develop their digital skills andContinue reading “Our groups can now meet ‘virtually’ and there’s still laughs… and coffee!” – Digital Champions making a real difference in Breathe Easy Groups”