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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.…
FutureDotNow Newsletter - Edition 3
We’re over a month into the COVID-19 crisis, and the current nationwide lockdown has brought digital skills and access to the fore. At last week’s Senior Council, we heard from one C-suite attendee on how digital adoption by the end of 2020 is expected to reach the level previously predicted for 2035. As capability levels…
Government launches a free online skills toolkit
A free online toolkit to build skills during the coronavirus outbreak and beyond has been launched by the Government. We are pleased to see it features a number of our coalition members including Good Things Foundation, Lloyds Banking Group, Accenture and Institute of Coding The Skills Toolkit - launched by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson - aims…
Ron: ‘Community Champion’ stays social throughout social distancing
Ron Roper, 82, is staying in touch during self-isolation thanks to a free tablet and data plan from the DevicesDotNow scheme. Ron - who lives by himself - has a medical condition which affects his eyes. As his family live far away, Ron’s age and current social distancing guidelines have meant that he is at…