Digital Together
Supporting adults to build their confidence with digital skills.
Digital Together is a partnership of public sector, university and charity partners and has five distinct innovative projects:
Cornwall Council’s Device and Connectivity Scheme
University of Exeter’s Community Hub and Environmental Sensor Project
University of Plymouth’s Digital Community Hub Project
Citizens Advice Cornwall Financial Hub Project
Cornwall Rural Community Charity’s Digital Together Digital Skills Team
Digital Together is a community asset-based approach to tackling digital exclusion that goes beyond providing access to skills training. We want to support communities to embed digital as a tool to achieving their collective aims towards building sustainable communities. Building social and digital capital that increases wellbeing and a sense of belonging by co-designing how local digital infrastructure works for them. We will work with individuals, groups and communities to improve skills, access to technology and information, advice and guidance to improve capacity to engage in digital services, civil society, health, education, training and employment opportunities.
Our project outcomes are:
People who were digital excluded have increased essential digital skills and increased confidence to use digital platforms. They are safer online and can leverage the benefits of being online including improved employability.
Community facilities and community groups have increased digital capacity with improved civic participation
Improved effectiveness of cross sector working to tackle digital exclusion
Improved digital skills in workforce
Increased access to digital devices and improved connectivity
Digital Together is a collaborative effort towards building a digitally inclusive society. Let's work together to create a better future for all!
Digital Together is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK by investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity fund-prospectus.
