Student@Home, a social business employing IT students to provide technology support and training to computer users and small businesses, has recently partnered with Newlon Fusion, the community regeneration partner of Newlon Housing Trust. Student@Home is contracted to deliver up to 80 one-to-one support sessions to residents in their own homes. IT student workers will provide…
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Digital Inclusion
Digital inclusion – A duty of care?
There’s no denying the importance of digital inclusion. A quick Google search reveals an abundance of reports and statistics concerning the issue. With the broadband quality and coverage improving every day, it’s an issue that will only grow in significance. This initiative isn’t just about creating technologically savvy tenants; it’s about addressing the correlation between…
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Digital inclusion – Moving from ‘why’ to ‘how’
The issue of digital inclusion in social housing reached its peak last year, when former Housing Minister Grant Shapps pledged to abolish the digital apartheid at the ‘Digital by Default’ summit. However, ten months on, half of all council and housing association tenants in England still do not have a broadband connection. Evidently, the debate…
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Digital inclusion service from CableCom
CableCom Networking, a Bristol-based internet service provider, is launching a new digital inclusion service for housing providers, comprising broadband access alongside a range of landlord and tenant services. The LivingCom service gives tenants fast, affordable and fully supported internet access with no hidden costs and a range of optional media and communication services such as…
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North Lincolnshire beams broadband for digital inclusion
North Lincolnshire Homes has been running a six-month pilot project to deliver an innovative broadband service to some of its tenants in Scunthorpe as part of its plan as an official Race Online 2012 partner to improve digital inclusion among its tenants. NLH is using the latest LTE (long-term evolution) technology to deliver a wireless…
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Digital inclusion at Peaks & Plains with Sigma Consulting
Peaks & Plains Housing Trust has just started a digital inclusion programme for its tenants with help from Sigma Consulting Solutions. The programme, which is being run free of charge by Sigma, is in response to Race Online 2012’s initiative ‘to make the UK the first nation in the world where everyone can use the…
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