CambsDigiWeek 2023, it’s back!
Bookings now open for an exciting series of free online events, starting on 24th October. CambsDigiWeek is an annual series of events, delivered by the Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership, to support the development of digital skills in the voluntary sector and tackle the digital divide in Cambridgeshire. This year’s packed programme boasts expert hosts and speakers…
CDP Network Event – Thursday 6 July, 2023
Thank you to everyone who attended our July Digital Inclusion Network event. This blog shares some notes from the meeting. Attendees included representatives from: Cambridgeshire County Council, Care Together Commissioning Connecting Cambridgeshire, County Council Cambridgeshire Libraries DWP Cambridge & District Citizens Advice Bureau Accent Housing Limited It Takes a City Red Hen Grow Share Make…
CDP network event – Thursday 27 April, 2023
Thank you to everyone who attend our April CDP networking event. Guest speaker Karen Berkley, Commissioner, Cambridgeshire County Council & Peterborough City Council, and colleagues joined us to present and discuss Care Together. Find out about Care Together and contact via care.together@cambridgeshire.org.uk Updates from attendees: Cambridgeshire Libraries are working towards becoming a national databank….
CDP network event – Tuesday 7 Feb, 2023
Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership (CDP) have hosted their first network meeting of 2023 and would like to share some highlights. Update from CDP We opened the event with a short update about the partnership, to let attendees know that instead of having a separate steering group, all decisions and conversations would now take place during the…
Laptops4Learning – supporting Digital Inclusion in Cambridgeshire through Sustainable Tech
This blog is written by Laptops4Learning Founder, Sue Gowling. About us www.Laptops4Learning.co.uk uses Sustainable Tech 4 Social Good. We take tech from businesses and repair and refurbish it, making it sustainable and plug-and-play ready for use in addressing digital poverty. We enable local businesses to use their redundant tech for the good of their local…
Reads & Resources
CDP share recent reads and resources, to take us into the New Year. Reads Five reads that explore digital exclusion and the need to tackle the digital divide together. As pictured above, Kat Dixon, the Data Poverty Lab, and Good Things Foundation have published a Periodic Table of Internet Elements. You can also read @KatDixon2012 Good Things Foundation and Nominet’s, Data Poverty Lab…
Cambridge Online, in the Spotlight
This blog has been written by Sophia Catling, who joined the Cambridge Online team in 2022. Cambridge Online (a vibrant charity, taking on the challenge of digital skills for all) is pleased to announce our partnership with Laptops4Learning so that we can distribute devices to those most in need. Laptops4Learning’s solution “Sustainable Tech 4 Social Good” has…
#CambsDigiWeek 2022, watch it again
Thank you to everyone involved in #CambsDigiWeek 2022! We had a inspirational week discussing challenges faced accessing health care when not online or with limited digital confidence, ways that charities can develop digital skills in their workforce and the power of communities to develop skills. If you were unable to attend, or would like a…
#CambsDigiWeek 2022 – bookings open!
Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership are delighted to announce the line-up for their third #CambsDigiWeek a series of online events taking place from 17th – 20th October to celebrate Get Online Week, a campaign by Good Things Foundation. This year the festival focuses on digital skills and includes a line-up of great guest speakers who will discuss…
Tackling Data Poverty with UK National Databank
Written by Laurie Frankland – New Horizons Project Manager Here at CHS we provide one-to-one in person coaching for people furthest from work through our New Horizons Project. As part of New Horizons offer, we try to address digital inequality by providing coaching in basic digital skills and encourage digital skill development through the use…
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