A new approach to welfare advice and benefit applications has been launched by Kirklees Council in West Yorkshire. Not only digitising ‘high-volume’ benefit forms and embedding real-world advice, the BetterOff solution combines benefits with employment advice and thousands of job vacancies all within a single web portal. BetterOff was designed in response to cuts in…
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Montal helps Kirklees tenants get online
Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing has teamed up with Montal Computer Services to install a communal internet connection and terminal-based computer. With support from the Citizens Online ‘Get IT Together’ project and the council, they are running weekly training sessions to help residents learn the basics of using a computer and browsing the internet. Volunteer trainers are…
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