Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude has launched a new scheme within government that aims to encourage civil servants to teach digital skills to friends and family who are offline.
Wyre District Council covers a rural, urban and partly coastal community just outside Blackpool, Lancashire, where many people do not have Internet access.
UK digital skills charity Citizens Online has called upon the government to change the way it provides skills training and support for the 6.8m adults in the country not yet online.
Digital Unite, a digital skills training and development organisation, has claimed it is now supporting around 600 “Digital Champions.”
It will take more than public Internet access to help the remaining 20% of people in the UK who are not yet online get online a digital skills charity head has claimed.
The CEO of digital skills charity Go ON UK wants to see more partnerships and collaborations that aim to tackle digital exclusion in the UK.
Families across the UK are likely to miss out on the government new childcare tax break set to be introduced next year because they lack Internet access.
The L&Q Housing Association, which owns over 70,000 properties in London and the South East, has launched a year-long digital inclusion programme for 150 of its residents.
In its submission to the Labour Digital Government Review, Newcastle City Council has called upon the Government Digital Service (GDS) to revamp its approach to digital inclusion.
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