100% Digital Leeds and The Old Fire Station are working with Housing Leeds and Space2 to deliver digital inclusion sessions from communal spaces of tower blocks in Gipton. The sessions are bringing digital support to the doorsteps of older residents with frailty and mobility issues in one of the most disadvantaged wards in the city.Continue reading “Bringing digital support to residents of tower blocks in LS9”
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Digital Trustees
Leeds Digital Volunteering Partnership is partnering with Third Sector Lab to pilot their Digital Trustees model in Leeds. Third Sector Lab is hosting an online matchmaking event to connect charities and professionals from tech, data, design, IT and other digital backgrounds. The event will take place online on Thursday 28 March, 10.00am – 11.30am. ForContinue reading “Digital Trustees”
Arts in Care Digital Programme 2023 evaluation and reflections
100% Digital Leeds is working with the Leeds care sector to improve digital inclusion for staff and residents. Digital skills, confidence, and motivation are identified as sector-wide barriers to digital inclusion. In September 2023 the 100% Digital Leeds team worked with the care and arts sectors to curate a programme of free online arts andContinue reading “Arts in Care Digital Programme 2023 evaluation and reflections “
Multiply
100% Digital Leeds is working with Leeds City Council’s Employment and Skills team and third sector partners to support communities hit hardest by the cost of living crisis. ‘Multiply’ is a government-funded scheme to improve adult functional numeracy skills. To date, 15 third sector deliver partners have received funding to support over 420 learners toContinue reading “Multiply”
Lippy People and digital storytelling
Lippy People is an advocacy charity that uses video storytelling to help people to share their often challenging lived experiences with a wider audience. They help people use their experiences as a foundation for building their skills and resilience to affect positive personal and social change. Lippy People have worked with 100% Digital Leeds to embed digital inclusion support within their Life,Continue reading “Lippy People and digital storytelling”
Partner Profile: SLATE Leeds
SLATE Leeds provides essential work and training opportunities for adults with learning disabilities in Leeds. The organisation supports people with learning disabilities to gain essential skills which help them to move closer to employment, increase their confidence, improve their mental wellbeing, and reducing social isolation. SLATE works with 45 individuals with learning disabilities across Leeds,Continue reading “Partner Profile: SLATE Leeds”
Partner Profile: Refugee Education Training Advice Service (RETAS)
Refugee Education Training Advice Service (RETAS) offers essential support and guidance to refugees, people seeking asylum, and vulnerable migrants in West Yorkshire. The organisation supports the social, cultural, and economic integration of refugees, people seeking asylum, and migrants, as well as improving their wellbeing and reducing destitution. Based in the heart of Harehills, their impactContinue reading “Partner Profile: Refugee Education Training Advice Service (RETAS)”
Supporting older people’s digital confidence with University of Leeds’s Writing Back project
Writing Back is an intergenerational digital pen pal project which pairs students at the University of Leeds with older residents across Yorkshire to exchange emails. The scheme was established to help tackle loneliness and social isolation but organisations supporting older people have found involvement in the scheme supports members to develop transferable digital skills andContinue reading “Supporting older people’s digital confidence with University of Leeds’s Writing Back project”
Digital Inclusion for Older People
This October the Older People’s Digital Inclusion Network came together to celebrate the network members’ efforts to support digital inclusion in 2023 and identify shared priorities for 2024. Over 50 people working with older people across the city attended the event at Virgin Money to hear about best practice as well as form new partnershipsContinue reading “Digital Inclusion for Older People”
Partner profile: Leeds International Piano Competition and Be Caring
Through partnership working with Leeds International Piano Competition (LIPC) and Be Caring the 100% Digital Leeds team developed an arts and culture digital inclusion offer that aimed to address the digital inclusion need in care by: A live tea dance and a series of curated piano recitals were produced and made available to care settingsContinue reading “Partner profile: Leeds International Piano Competition and Be Caring”