Click here to read the February newsletter Don’t forget to sign up to the mailing list to make sure you don’t miss out, just email your details to [email protected] In the February issue of the FutureDotNow newsletter, we’re looking at being safe and legal online – even when you’re not in the workplace! Dirty Digital…
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Missed the December Newsletter?
Click here to read the December newsletter Don’t forget to sign up to the mailing list to make sure you don’t miss out in January, just email your details to [email protected] We’ve made quite a few changes to the newsletter this December, ready to bring in the new year. We hope you like it! As…
Missed the Coalition call on 28 November?
Don't worry - you can watch a replay of the whole event using this link. You’ll hear from speakers from Lloyds Banking Group, Microsoft and the Department for Education talking about the latest digital skills insight and research, and the government’s digital skills fund. Click here to watch event recording
Annual Event 2020
Accelerating the UK's digital skills, at scale. Thank you to all who joined us as we celebrated one year of FutureDotNow and looked ahead to the next 12 months and beyond. If you missed it, don't worry you can catch up on the sessions here: Welcome from FutureDotNow Chair Sir Peter Estlin - view hereSession…
Responding to the Comprehensive Spending Review 2020
FutureDotNow responded to the Comprehensive Spending Review this week. The review prioritises strengthening the UK’s economic recovery from COVID-19 by prioritising jobs and skills. Our response details how a 100% digitally included UK, with everyone equipped with and confident of their digital skills, is essential to an economic recovery for everyone. You can find a…
BEIS Economic Recovery Taskforce
We were delighted to join a working session led by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma, focused on how to level up economic performance across the UK. This was part of a wider initiative looking at how to level up economic performance access the UK. You can find…
FutureDotNow is hiring!
FutureDotNow is looking for a Head of Communications and Campaigns to elevate our voice and convening power to deliver systemic change in the UK’s digital skill capability, with an initial focus on the c17m people without the Essential Digital Skills needed for life and work today. This role will suit a self-starter, with a background…
New device gives a welcome health boost
Kathalingam, 42 lives in Eastham, West London. Before the outbreak of coronavirus he would go along to his local Online Centre, Skills Enterprise, to access the internet, go to classes and access other key services and support. As soon as the UK went into lockdown this support network was no longer available, leaving him isolated…
Harnessing Connections: Online Centres Network and DevicesDotNow
Online Centres have always been more than just places of learning or information: they have been vital hubs in communities. They have acted as safe and welcoming spaces that foster real, valuable social connections. However, with a national lockdown now in place, people have suddenly lost their connection to spaces.
Digital divide 'isolates and endangers' millions of UK's poorest
Charities warn of ‘devastating effect’ as most vulnerable households left without access to web. The scale of the problem is staggering,” says Helen Milner, the chief executive of the Good Things Foundation, a charity that tackles digital exclusion in the UK. One woman living in London said she was having to choose between food and data.…