The Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership and Connecting Cambridgeshire presented this special webinar as part of Cambs Digi Fest 2025. Thank you to everyone who attended. In today’s increasingly digital world, young people need more than just access to technology—they need the skills, understanding, and support to use it safely and effectively. This webinar explored why digital…
The Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership and Connecting Cambridgeshire presented this special webinar as part of Cambs Digi Fest 2025. Thank you to everyone that attended. This webinar explored the unique role that arts and culture can play in supporting digital inclusion—especially for individuals and communities who may face barriers to accessing or using technology. By drawing…
We were thrilled to co-deliver this inspiring event with Connecting Cambridgeshire, set in the beautiful grounds of Churchill College on Thursday 11 September. The morning brought together passionate voices and changemakers working to tackle digital poverty and promote digital inclusion across Cambridgeshire. To begin, we had Will Plant, Digital Inclusion Lead at Connecting Cambridgeshire; Sarah…
Scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated—whether through social media, email, text messages, WhatsApp, or even traditional letters, most of us have encountered them in one form or another. Scams are not just financial crimes—they are deeply personal violations that can leave victims feeling fearful, isolated, and ashamed. Behind every statistic is a story of heartbreak, manipulation,…
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…
Thank you all who attended, it sure was a busy and informative meeting and of course, lovely to see you all! Host: Sally Page – Deputy CEO at CCVS Co-Host: Will Plant – Digital Inclusion Lead at Connecting Cambridgeshire Co-Host: Karen Cann – Communications and Development Worker at CCVS Guest Speakers: Samantha Neville, Programme Manager at Jangala Donna…
Will the digital switchover affect your organisation? What is the Digital Switchover? Very simply, the Digital Switchover is when the older analogue telephone landlines are replaced with digital services technology. When will this happen? The deadline for the switchover is January 2027, but the process is already underway, with many residential landlines already switched over….
Thank you to everyone who attended the meeting, it was wonderful to see you all! Host: Will Plant – Digital Inclusion Lead at Connecting Cambridgeshire Co-Host: Sally Page – Deputy CEO at CCVS Co-Host: Karen Cann – Communications and Development Worker at CCVS Guest Speaker: Dan Woodhead, Customer Success Manager at IE Hub Attendees Amana…
Connecting Cambridgeshire and Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership worked together to host a Cambridgeshire Digital Round-up 2024 on Wednesday 4 December. The event was aimed at and attended by organisations and individuals with a key interest in digital inclusion. Alongside our guests, we were able to celebrate achievements, network and learn about all things digital inclusion, as…
We’ve been looking back at our highlights from this year! A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Digital Inclusion Network meetings this year! In February, we had an amazing session where Beverley Young from Age UK discussed their inspiring campaign to end digital discrimination. We also heard touching stories from Sue Keogh and…
Thank you to all who joined us for this webinar, our forth event for Cambs Digi Fest and hosted by Flóra Raffai, founder of Rapport Coaching. Flóra gave a brilliant presentation; full of information, tips and advice and she provided us with four demonstrations of how AI can help a charity with their work. Looking…
5 November 2024 Thank you to all who joined us for this webinar, our third event for Cambs Digi Fest and hosted by the amazing Passion 4 Social! Thiago Carmo and Allana Grant did a brilliant presentation explaining all about accessibility and guiding us though how we can make social media, content, images and videos…
8 October 2024 Thank you to all who joined us for this webinar, our first event for Cambs Digi Fest hosted by Sally Page, Deputy CEO at CCVS and Will Plant, Digital Inclusion Lead at Connecting Cambridgeshire! We had some amazing guests! Simeon Yates, Professor of Digital Culture in the Department of Communications and Media…
15 October 2024 Thank you to all you joined us for this webinar, our second event for Cambs Digi Fest hosted by Sally Page, Deputy CEO at CCVS and Will Plant, Digital Inclusion Lead at Connecting Cambridgeshire! We had some amazing guests! Karen Igho, Project Manager at Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, shared findings on the impact…
Host: Sally Page – Deputy CEO at CCVS Co-Host: Karen Cann – Communications and Development Worker at CCVS Guest Speakers: Zoe Amar – Founder and Director at Zoe Amar Digital Charlotte Lewis – Senior Programme Manager – Localities at The Centre for Ageing Better Attendees Jane Jenner – St Ives Cares Coordinator at St Ives…
Please join us for this year’s Cambs Digi Fest where we come together to explore topics linked to digital inclusion, learn new skills and celebrate all of your brilliant work! We have been very busy behind the scenes with our friends at Connecting Cambridgeshire to bring you five free fabulous events with some amazing speakers!…
Karen enjoyed attending Charity Digital’s Digital Inclusion Summit on 20 June 2024. Well, perhaps ‘enjoyed’ isn’t quite the right word – as much as she had a nice time learning about A.I., cyber security, accessibility, and new apps, the dominant theme was digital poverty and how there is still a huge digital divide, particularly if…
We enjoyed a wonderful meeting on May 23, where we caught up with members to hear the latest exciting news as well as positive developments on current projects. Co-host, Will Plant – Digital Inclusion Lead at Cambridgeshire County Council, provided an update on Connecting Cambridgeshire‘s work. Thank you all for attending! Our Chair, Sally Page, Deputy…
ALL DIGITAL Weeks 2024. The campaign with run from Monday 13 May until Friday 31 May and will be coordinated by Good Things Foundation.
The Good Things Foundation have released their new Digital Nation infographic which again, sadly highlights how large the digital divide is.
AbilityNet are a charity that champion digital accessibility. Many thanks to Alex Barber who shared details of accessibility apps at an AbilityNet webinar. These apps help people who are blind or partially sighted, and I was astonished by how clever and intuitive they are! These apps can be your pair of eyes to help you…
The next Cambridge Digital Partnership networking event takes place on: Thursday 23rd May at 1pm. Click to book! Please join us online to find out what is happening with all things ‘digital inclusion’ in Cambridgeshire and share your news with the group! More details will follow soon… We are really looking forward to catching up…
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Thank you to all for attending our digital inclusion network meeting on 8 February 2024. It was lovely catching up with everyone and seeing some new faces too. It was a lively session with introductions and news from all. Our Chair, Sally Page, Deputy CEO of CCVS, began the session by mentioning Cambridge Community Foundation…
On Friday 27 Oct 2023 we were lucky to have Sue Gowling join us for our webinar. Sue is the Founder of Laptops4Learning, and she spoke about Sustainable Tech 4 Good, that addresses digital inclusion through their three offers. The webinar is available on YouTube Laptops4Learning: Sustainable Tech 4 All Laptops4Learning work with large businesses…
On Thursday Oct 26, 2023, Will Plant, Digital Inclusion Lead for Connecting Cambridgeshire, gave us a fascinating presentation on his role in the Connecting Cambridgeshire Programme and what he’s learnt. Will explained that one of his tasks as Digital Inclusion Lead was to compile a digital inclusion report and he expressed an interest in working…
Friday 27 Oct 2023 Joel Hogan, programmes manager at Charity Digital joined us to share tips and advice about free low-cost software that could benefit charities. The webinar is available on YouTube With the cost-of-living crisis, charities are finding that donations are declining but there is a greater demand on their services. Joel therefore encourages…
National Databank: Free SIMs for low-income households at Arbury Court and Barnwell Road libraries “Cambridgeshire Libraries have joined Good Things Foundation’s National Databank and are now launching this offer at Arbury Court, Barnwell Road, Cambourne, Ely, Huntingdon, March and St Neots libraries. This is in addition to Bar Hill, Cambridge Central, St Ives and Wisbech, where we piloted…
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…
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…
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 [email protected] Updates from attendees: Cambridgeshire Libraries are working towards becoming a national databank….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership (CDP) hosted their second Network Event in April and were delighted to welcome 18 attendees, representing the following fantastic organisations: John Huntingdon Charity It Takes A City Papworth Trust Reed in Partnership CHS Group The Prince’s Trust Meridian PCN Cambridge Women’s Resource Centre Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust WEA Cambridgeshire Libraries…
Written by Phil Priestley, Founder & Lead Adult Facilitator with Cambs Youth Panel. Our motive for getting into this fight was very simple: the schools that our young people attend had been closed through the first of a series of Covid-19 lockdowns. We stood braced for something that we didn’t understand and that we’d never…
Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership (CDP) kicked off the New Year with their first Network Event. It was a great start, with over 30 attendees ‘in the room’ from a range of organisations, including the Princes Trust, NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust, It Takes a City, The Red Hen Project, Department for Work and Pensions, Cambridgeshire…
Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership hosted their second online #CambsDigi Conference in October 2021, as part of GetOnlineWeek. With around 150 bookings for five events, guest speakers talked about the impact of digital inequality on individuals experiencing homelessness, the digital skills gap and how this effects organisations and individuals, the relationship between health services and digital access, as…
I can’t quite believe how much has happened since I introduced myself as the partnership’s new coordinator, so it seems fitting to mark the start of Get Online Week with an update. Settle in and I’ll tell you how Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership (CDP) set-up as an unincorporated association, are launching a membership offer, planned a virtual conference, that starts…
Hello! Firstly, let me introduce myself. I’m Sally and like many, I wear a couple of hats. I have two part-time jobs with CCVS, as a Development Worker and Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership Coordinator. I have been in the coordinator role for about a month. As I am settling in, I would like to share a little about…
The first virtual conference hosted by the Cambridgeshire Digital Partnership took place during Get Online Week, October 2020. It provided an opportunity for the voluntary sector to pause, and think about how the pandemic brought digital exclusion to the fore, and how local groups stepped up to help those in need. Conference Recordings Presentations &…