We are uniting business to tackle the essential digital skills gap in the UK workforce.
Routes to 20 million: Progress in 2024 and the 2025 plan for action
Read the latest update on our mission to close the workforce digital skills gap.
It sets out the progress made by the FutureDotNow coalition in 2024 and the ambitious plans for the year ahead, to build routes to improving the workforce digital skills of 20 million working-age adults.
Our membership represents millions
Our coalition is made up of more than 230 cross-sector organisations, including:
What we do
FutureDotNow is a coalition of industry leaders focused on closing the digital skills gap for working age adults. We’re coordinating industry action to equip people across the UK with the Essential Digital Skills (EDS) they need to thrive in work and prepare for our digital future.
Creating the impetus for change
We help businesses understand that a significant amount of the workforce do not have the digital basics they need for the workplace. We empower industry leaders to take action and drive change.
Helping industry make it happen
Our coalition cuts across all UK industry sectors and business size. We help our members develop and share best practice, so every working-age adult can thrive in our increasingly digital world.
Building a movement
We bring together organisations that want to collaborate on digitally upskilling working-age adults. Our members’ employees, customers and supply chains give us a reach of millions.
The scale of the problem
The Essential Digital Skills gap in the UK workplace is holding us all back. It threatens personal prosperity, and is damaging the UK’s productivity and competitiveness. Millions are in a ‘hidden middle’, without the skills need to thrive today and prepare for our digital future.
working-age adults
can’t complete all the digital tasks essential for today’s workplace1
%
working-age adults
are missing digital basics around safety, productivity and more
working-age adults
cannot complete any of the essential
digital work tasks
1All stats are taken from the Lloyds Bank Consumer Digital Index.
