The Workforce Digital Skills Charter is a shared statement of ambition – a rallying cry for concerted and focused action to close the essential digital skills gap in the UK workforce.
The Charter breaks organisations out of silos, uniting us to build a future-fit, digitally confident workforce. It asks signatories to make a commitment to:
- Raise awareness of the workforce essential digital skill gap.
- Work together to supercharge action as part of a national change programme.
- Empower people of working age to build solid digital foundations.
This is an open invitation. Sign the Charter today and join a growing community of leading organisations driving change at scale and at pace.
What is the Workforce Digital Skills Charter?
The Workforce Digital Skills Charter is a shared statement of ambition designed to ensure upskilling the workforce in the essential digital skills is recognised as a critical part of the UK’s digital skills challenge. It provides a unified call to action for equipping all members of the workforce, paid or voluntary, with essential digital skills for present and future success.
Its primary goals are to raise awareness of current digital skill levels across the workforce, inspire organisations to take action, and underscore to policymakers the importance of this issue.
How do we sign?
Becoming a Charter signatory is quick and simple – simply complete this short form. Before signing, please ensure you have the neccessary approvals within your organisation.
After you’ve signed, we’ll be in touch to welcome you to the FutureDotNow coalition and find out how you’d like to get more involved.
Who has signed the Charter so far?
Current signatories include:
What if we’re already a FutureDotNow member?
The Workforce Digital Skills Charter supersedes the previous FutureDotNow members’ pledge. Existing members, having signed the pledge, are automatically considered Charter signatories, retaining access to member’s resources. If your organisation previously signed the pledge but don’t wish to be considered a Charter signatory, please contact members@futuredotnow.uk.
Are there formal ‘reporting’ requirements associated with being a Charter signatory?
Not at this stage. As a small charity, FutureDotNow does not have the resources to regularly audit compliance to the Charter. Signatories will be contacted once per year asking for a summary of how they are demonstrating the three areas of action in the Charter (raising awareness, working together, and empowering their workforce).There are no other formal compliance requirements; we believe that the organisations that sign will be passionate and committed to this important cause.
When was the Charter launched?
The Charter was launched to key stakeholders and partners at the Workforce Digital Skills Summit on Thursday 25 April 2024, at the Guildhall, London. In September 2024, there will be a programme of communications activity to promote the Charter and encourage more organisations to sign
Which organisations are behind the development of the Charter?
The Charter has been developed as part of the 2024 delivery plan to close the workforce digital skill gap, coordinated by FutureDotNow. There are over 40 organisations actively involved with this national change programme to close the workforce digital skills gap, including: Accenture, The Alan Turing Institute, Amey, Barclays, BCS The Chartered Institute for IT, the Behavioural insights Team, BusinessLDN, the Cabinet Office, CAST, CIPD, Cisco, City and Guilds, the City of London, CompTIA, Cornwall Council, Cosmic, Deloitte, the Department for Education, the Department for Science, Technology and Innovation, the Department for Work and Pensions, Digital Boost, Dorset Council, Good Things Foundation, the Institute of Coding, ISS, Johnson Matthey, Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, Leeds City Council, Lloyds Banking Group, Marks and Spencer, Montfort Communications, Nationwide, NHS England, NHS Scotland, Nominet, Oliver Wyman, PwC, Tech London Advocates, techUK, UFI VocTech Trust, and Upskill Digital.
I have some other questions…
You can download a full FAQs document below. If you this still doesn’t answer all your queries, please contact hello@futuredotnow.uk.