Grant funding for Digital Hubs and creative digital projects in Cornwall

3RD MAY 2024

The Digital Together project has a call for funding for village halls and community centres in Cornwall to apply to support digital projects.

The project seeks to develop creative technology hubs in Cornwall and there will be funding for village halls and community centres as well as individual projects.

There are a range of activities and funding that we will make available:

  1. £1.5K funds for Digital Community Hub grant for digital equipment of resources for a digital hub. 

  2. £2.5K for Creative Digital Community grant micro-entrepreneurial projects which should have some link to the Digital Hub. 

About the project:

The project is led by CRCC with partners of Cornwall Council, University of Plymouth, University of Exeter, Citizens Advice and Age UK and will run between 2023 and 2025.  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.

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research-and-expertise/digital-together

https://cornwallrcc.org.uk/digital-together

How to apply: You will need to complete an application form. Please contactKatharine.willis@plymouth.ac.uk to request an application form.

Deadline: The deadline is 1st June 2024 at 5pm.

We will also run an info session online on Thursday 16th May 1pm-2pm.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a meeting to discuss your application please contact alex.carr@plymouth.ac.uk

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 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.

This grant  isfunded 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 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity fund-prospectus.