One Digital case studies on embedded digital champions
One of the key parts of West Lothian Council’s Digital Transformation Strategy is enabling and supporting their customers and staff with digital skills. To achieve this strategic aim, the Council developed a Digital Champion programme, supported by Digital Unite’s Digital Champions Network. At the time of joining the Council had Read more…
Digital Unite has recently launched a new Digital Health Champions Network. In this article they share the research behind the training and support and how Digital Champions in health make a real difference. A new way to help patients manage their health online Having good digital skills enables people to Read more…
Clarion Futures (part of Clarion Housing Group) are one of our One Digital programme partners. They are funding and building partnerships with 15 other organisations who are developing and embedding effective Digital Champion models of support. Their first report was published in March this year and their second report was Read more…
One Digital partners are launching Case Study research as part of the independent evaluation of the One Digital collaboration. The research uses four diverse case studies to better understand what factors contribute to successful Digital Champion projects, and in particular what contributes to the ’embedding’ of essential digital skills support Read more…
A visit to Linstone Housing based in Renfrewshire in Scotland gave insight into how Digital Champions can be fully embedded into an organisation, providing support to colleagues as well as customers. Linstone has a great reputation for working locally in the community, listening to and understanding local needs and finding Read more…
The Lido Centre, based in the heart of the West Ealing community in London assists local residents with a wide range of things, for example, setting up Tenants’ Associations; applying for funding to support community projects; summer activities; and providing information and access to local services. Love London Working (LLW), Read more…
Integrating digital skills support into work to develop language skills and support employment for refugees is at the heart of the work of Action West London. What’s exciting about the project is their approach to embedding digital inclusion across their activity. They have Digital Champions with a range of language Read more…
Developing a project by Unison UNISON has a strong commitment to providing learning and development opportunities for their members (information on the programme offered can be found on their website). Activity is provided both online and through a regional and local network of learning leads who provide activity in branches Read more…
Citizens Online has been working in partnership with Gwynedd Council since 2011. Digital Gwynedd is an innovative partnership begun in 2015 focused on helping local people improve their internet skills and enjoy the social and economic benefits of being online. At the core of Digital Gwynedd is the drive to Read more…
Get Digital is Scotland’s new digital inclusion programme for the homeless sector hosted by Streetwork. A recent visit with Streetwork in Edinburgh enabled the Community of Practice to discuss working with vulnerable groups to improve social inclusion through digital inclusion. Digital skills are vital to access secure accommodation, search for Read more…