Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund 

The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund launched on 13 August, watch the webinar for details and please see the guidance below.

Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership and Connecting Cambridgeshire are hosting an online meeting to discuss the fund further.  

Connecting Cambridgeshire will share their plans for an application, and we would like to bring interested parties together, in case there is an opportunity for a combined application for our area. This may be especially helpful given the short delivery timeline currently expected.  

This will be for groups delivering digital inclusion in Cambs currently, or with an interest in delivering in the near future.

Meeting details  

Thursday 21st August at 10am until 11:30am on Microsoft Teams  

Please book your place by completing this form.

Please note that your email will be visible to other attendees. If you can’t attend but would like to receive notes from the meeting, please email [email protected]   

Read a short summary of the fund  

The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund is one of the first five actions set out in the Digital Inclusion Action Plan: First Steps to support digitally excluded people. The Fund aims to support:

• Innovative interventions to produce new knowledge on ‘what works’, building the evidence base on effective digital inclusion interventions.
• Best practice with the ambition to scale and replicate successful activities across England to increase digital participation.

The Fund is a part of the Government’s Plan for Change and signals their commitment to empowering communities through digital inclusion.

Grant size and funding available   

Local authorities, combined authorities, charities, research organisations and consortiums can apply for grants from the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund to support digitally excluded people in England. Grants of £25,000 to £500,000 are available to fund projects of different sizes.

All applicants can apply for grants of £25,000 to £500,000 regardless of the organisation, category of funding, or region of England. All applicants should make clear the amount of funding being requested and how it will be spent.

Eligible charities and research organisations must:

• Be registered and operating in England.
• Have been registered for at least 1 year from the date that this Fund went live.
• Commit to ensuring that any funding awarded is used exclusively to implement the proposed project. 

How to apply and key dates  

The application form, guidance document and other supporting documents are available on the Find a Grant page: https://find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/digital-inclusion-innovation-fund-2. 

If you have any queries regarding the Fund, please contact: [email protected].

Closing date: 10 September 2025, 3:00pm