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From outlining your vision to finding your funding, our toolkit has everything you need to plan a successful #digitalchampion project. FREE on our website. #digitalinclusion #ProjectManagement #freeresources

Possible funding sources! We know funding is a massive challenge for almost everyone at the moment. We're trying to keep an updated page of all the #digitalinclusion #funding sources we come across. If you're looking for funding, check it out. If you know about/ represent a possible source, let us know and we'll add it. 💥 https://lnkd.in/euA3_uJA

We’re Hiring! We’re looking to recruit a Digital Inclusion Apprentice to join our team. It’s an entry-level role, but with great opportunities to develop and support engaging activity with the digital inclusion ecosystem. This role will work within the team and engage with a range of community and voluntary sector organisations, local authority digital inclusion services, key stakeholders and residents to help the uptake of related digital inclusion provision through innovative and community-based participation projects and support. The Apprentice will undertake the ‘Cultural learning & participation officer’ (CLPO) level 3 apprenticeship standard through the duration of the role. The CLPO standard is built around planning and delivering community engagement projects using arts, culture, and digital tools. Through this, they will help design and run digital inclusion sessions that are culturally relevant and engaging, use creative methods to reach digitally excluded and hard-to-reach groups, and tailor activities to diverse audiences. If you know of anyone who might be a good fit – please share the vacancy :) https://lnkd.in/eBA3rFxc

Super NEW content on the Digital Champions Network lately includes two updated and refreshed courses... ⭐ one on Understanding #accessiblity needs - ways to talk sensitively to your learners about what they need and adapting your support accordingly ⭐ one on Getting Started as a #DigitalChampion - does what it says! New format, new content about the role, the training, support available and how to make the most of all of it. Even if you've done the old course we think it's worth doing the new. ⭐ and coming soon for everyone, not just DCN members, navigating the move from Window 10 to 11... We hope you find them helpful...

Read about this month's digital inclusion news in our latest roundup 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4jCmp6D Featuring: ✅ Join a webinar on the government’s Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund, with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , ✅ NGOs, business and councils join a new government advisory group, ✅ Good Things Foundation release Our Digital Nation – with facts and stats on the reality of digital inclusion in the UK. #digitalinclusion #localgov #tech4good dxw

🔐 One password. 700 jobs. A 158-year-old company gone. A single weak password – likely the result of poor essential digital skills – was all it took for a ransomware gang to bring down a historic logistics firm. The result? A business destroyed and hundreds of livelihoods lost. The heartbreaking story of KNP, as reported by the BBC, should be a wake-up call for every UK employer (🔗 https://lnkd.in/dHsN6cSM) This wasn’t just a cyber failure. It was a skills failure. Core digital skills issues are often hidden in plain sight, with tendencies to over-estimate where people are now in terms of their digital capabilities. Do you really know how confident your team is at setting secure passwords? At spotting suspicious links or phishing emails? Data from Lloyds Banking Group underlines the opportunity (and the current risk).❗️35% of all workers are missing at least some of the cyber security basics. These are skills needed by every employee, in every role, in every business. We can all learn from this sobering reality that means we’ll no longer see those distinctive Knights of Old trucks on the motorway.  Don’t over-estimate where your staff are now when it comes to the digital basics. Use data to understand the likely reality. Help them build their digital confidence. It’s a win-win for them, and your business. And we can help. FutureDotNow is a business led charity working to ensure everyone has the core digital capability and confidence they need to thrive today and in the future. 1️⃣ Find out more www.futuredotnow.uk.  2️⃣ Find out what skills *all staff* need today – the Essential Digital Skills Framework https://lnkd.in/eXPDTuXe 3️⃣ See the latest data on the scale and nature of the gap in essential digital skills in the Lloyds Bank Consumer Digital Index: https://lnkd.in/gUu79PZZ #EssentialDigitalSkills #CyberSecurity #DigitalConfidence #Ransomware #UKBusiness #DigitalSkillsMatter #CyberAwareness #Leadership Liz Williams MBE | Holly Chate | Jitender Arora | Jess Reddy | Kirsty Adams | Jemma Waters | Chintan Patel | Sir Peter Estlin | Camilla Drejer

Don't forget this one tomorrow - really important about Govt practical next steps for #digitalinclusion

We know lots of "friends & family" fed into this - helpful summary from Jess and link to the full report....

Digital Champion Job Description! 💥 We're on the last step of our Project Planning Toolkit... You've got your budget, your funding, and your vision in place. You've sense-checked your ideas, found senior support and partners too. What do you need now for a #DIgitalChampion project 🤔 ? Digital champions! Lots of advice in step 6 of the Free Project Planning Toolkit about recruiting and retaining ncluding this JD.....

Looks like a really useful session for #digitalchampions...