Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund
The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund expected to launch on 18 August 2025. The final guidance hasn’t yet been launched but DSIT did host a webinar giving an idea of the criteria, with the caveat that this may change. Watch the webinar for details
Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership (CDP) and Connecting Cambridgeshire will host an online meeting, shortly after the full application guidance has launched, 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, based on information already provided
Currently
Applications must explain how the proposal will contribute to either of the Fund objectives:
- To support innovative interventions to produce new knowledge on ‘what works’, building the evidence base on effective digital inclusion interventions.
- To support best practice with the ambition to scale and replicate successful activities across England.
The scope of this fund can include community engagement, financial services and economic empowerment, employment and opportunities, access to education and skills, understanding safety and security online, personal health and well-being.
Grant size and funding available
Category 1: £2.6 million for replicating or scaling examples of best practice.
Category 2: £3.4 million for innovative interventions.
Category 3: £1.3 to support delivery of digital inclusion activities like laptops and software.
Applicants can apply for grant sizes of £25,000 to £500,000 regardless of category, organisation or region.
How to apply and key dates
Intention to open the fund on 18th August 2025. If successful it is expected that the grant will be paid in arrears on completion of the project.
The deadline for applications is expected to be mid-September 2025, outcomes announced mid-October 2025, with projects starting early November.
The current advice is that all funded activities must conclude by 31 March 2026.