One Digital case studies
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…
Shirley is a Digital Champion who has been working with Age UK Blackburn with Darwen to set up digital inclusion training activities for older people. Shirley has been reaching people through the community development work that she was already doing, and has now established weekly sessions. We spoke to Shirley 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…
These volunteers give their time, energy and enthusiasm, week after week, to remove the digital barriers people are facing. It has been a privilege to work with them! Quote from Katharine Teed, Digital Unite Meet Jeff Jeff is a Digital Champion in Cornwall. Every week he goes along to his Read more…
We are excited to announce the launch of Age UK’s new Digital Buddy training: a short 8-minute e-learning video available to support members of the public to develop the skills and confidence they need to inspire and support older people to understand the benefits of going online. Digital technology continues Read more…
Sacro is a Scottish community justice organisation which works to create safer and more cohesive communities across Scotland. Sacro provides a wide range of services spanning all aspects of the community justice continuum. These range from conflict resolution to prevent disputes escalating, to supporting prisoners on release. Our One Digital 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…
All of our One Digital projects are passionate about digital inclusion and supporting our Digital Champions to improve the Essential Digital Skills of the communities we work with. The Torus Foundation is doing this by partnering with Everton Development Trust to recruit and train volunteer Digital Champions to work across Read more…