Digital Inclusion

Dorset Council wins the Digital Skills title in the Connected Britain Awards. Picking up the award on behalf of the council is Penny Syddall, programme manager for digital skills and adoption (centre) and Dugald Lockhart, service manager for the Digital Place team (right).

Dorset Council digital skills training programme wins national award

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A free training programme that has recruited an army of special advisors to help thousands of Dorset’s residents get online has scooped a prestigious national award. Dorset Council’s ‘Embedded Digital Champion’ initiative has won the acclaimed ‘Digital Skills’ title at the Connected Britain awards in London last night. The award recognises the feat of training… Read more Dorset Council digital skills training programme wins national award

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Receiving a laptop from Dorset Council has helped Simon Hobbs from Swanage get his crafting business off the ground.

Opening the doors to digital thanks to innovative £100,000 recycling scheme

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Dorset Council is opening the doors to digital again thanks to an innovative and environmentally friendly way of raising funds for its digitally excluded residents. From now and until 2025, money raised from recycling old council laptops will be invested in the Digital Doorway scheme, which buys devices for people in need. This is expected… Read more Opening the doors to digital thanks to innovative £100,000 recycling scheme

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Ivon Peters, who is profoundly deaf, went from having nothing digital to embracing a new digital life after receiving help from Dorset Council.

How digital transformed Ivon’s life

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A gift of a free smartphone and digital training during lockdown has totally transformed one Weymouth resident’s life. Ivon Peters, who is profoundly deaf, was given the smart phone from Dorset Council to help him feel less isolated during lockdown. The 55-year-old also received dedicated help and training from one of the council’s volunteer digital… Read more How digital transformed Ivon’s life

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Just some of the men and women who gained essential digital skills on the Boune Digital course.

Bourne again – digital transforms people’s lives

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Dozens of adults in the Bournemouth area have been ‘Bourne again’ thanks to a life-changing digital training course. The Bourne Digital course was part of a pioneering national programme called Power Up, run by the Good Things Foundation charity and funded by JP Morgan. Locally, the project loaned devices and provided 12 weeks of training… Read more Bourne again – digital transforms people’s lives

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Digital Hotline volunteers ‘do their byte’ to get couple to friends’ 70th birthday party video celebrations.

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A highly experienced team of digital volunteers from the Dorset Digital Hotline have been praised for the way they helped a ‘shielding’ couple connect with loved ones and the outside world during the COVID lockdown. The big ‘thank you’ from Wareham residents Arthur and Daniel Brown marks this year’s #LetsTalkLoneliness Week (15-19 June 2020).  The… Read more Digital Hotline volunteers ‘do their byte’ to get couple to friends’ 70th birthday party video celebrations.

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