Digital Unite has won a new three-year contract with Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, for the continuation of its tenant digital inclusion programmes. Digital Unite’s programme for Clarion Futures comprises its digital champions’ network (DCN), which provides a strong central foundation for the programme for digital champions themselves and Clarion’s digital…
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L&Q spends £168,000 on digital inclusion
L&Q plans to help 750 of its tenants across 18 London boroughs to get online through the launch of a three-year, volunteer-led digital inclusion programme costing around £168,000. The programme will help L&Q tenants with little or no experience of computers to become proficient and get online with 3,000 one-to-one learning sessions. L&Q’s partner, Digital…
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Digital Champions Network for digital inclusion in housing
With serendipitous timing, on the day of Housing Technology’s ‘Reform IT 2013’ event at the BT Tower in September, a new Digital Champions Network for Housing was launched to help housing providers support their residents to get online and extend their digital skills before the introduction of universal credit. Ten housing providers representing a combined…
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New courses for digital inclusion
Digital Unite has launched a new range of online courses to help housing providers introduce tenants to the benefits of the internet and show them how to master the basics such as using a keyboard and mouse, searching the web and using email. These ‘digital champion’ courses are flexible, self-study e-learning programmes which include practical…
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Spring online with Digital Unite
Digital Unite is running its twelfth annual ‘Spring Online’ campaign during April to help housing providers extend their plans for digital inclusion among tenants. In 2012, more than 2,000 Spring Online events helped 30,000 people to get online. More than 100 housing providers took part in the 2012 campaign; the winner of the best event…
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Digital Unite launches self-study DI courses
Two new online courses have been launched by Digital Unite to provide housing staff and residents with the skills to help others access computers and the internet. The Quick Start course, Helping Beginners Get (and Stay) Online, is a simple self-study course aimed at those with a basic working knowledge of technology. The course provides…
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