Digital North East Lincolnshire
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- Digital North East Lincolnshire
- Free use computers and WiFi
Digital Inclusion NEL
Helping you to get online and build your digital skills.
Digital Inclusion is a cross-sector collaboration with a number of organisations working together to create a digitally inclusive borough. We want to make sure no one is left behind as digital becomes the way to access services, communicate with organisations and interact with friends and family
The Digital Inclusion project forms part of our wider vision for a better more equal borough that supports and enables residents to improve their lives. We want to make sure that residents have the capability to use the internet to do things that benefit them day to day. We aim to ensure our residents have access to the kit, connectivity and are equipped with the skills they need to make the most of digital opportunities.
To help achieve this we are developing a Digital Network of digital partners and providers from across the public sector, voluntary and community sector as well as business partners. This network will serve to jointly tackle digital exclusion and will work collaboratively to find solutions for our residents.
Our aim
Our aim is to enable everyone who wants to be digitally enabled, where our residents have the confidence, skills and access to the internet they need to gain the work, health and life benefits the internet provides.
Why digital inclusion matters
With the world around us becoming increasingly digital, the access and capacity to use online services is a necessity. We are committed to digital accessibility and are determined to get our digitally excluded residents safely online to fix the digital divide.
Residents will not be left behind. Digital exclusion can have serious negative impacts on a person’s job prospects, education, health and wellbeing and finances. Through not having the digital skills and access to utilise the online world an individual is at an increased risk of falling into poverty.
We are committed to making sure this doesn’t happen anymore, with our team of dedicated partners ranging from businesses, community groups and charities we are focused on providing the solutions and access to devices, digital connectivity and skills to ensure no one is left behind.
Digital support and training
If you or your friends and family need some help to learn some computer basics we know some great places to access training and resources.
Build your digital skills:
- Learn My Way – Learn my way offer some great online tutorials about using computers, mobile phones and tablets
- Age UK – Age UK offer computer training courses explain things clearly in plain English to help you get online
- Barclays Digital eagles – Barclays help customers to build digital confidence
- Good Things Foundation – The Good Things Foundation digital inclusion and develop digital skills
- Learn Direct – Learn Direct help you to improve your skills for work with professional development courses that will get where you want to be
Classroom learning:
- Franklin Sixth Form College – Franklin provide a range of ICT and computing courses
- Lincs2 – Lincs2 is a portal for learning and training opportunities in North East Lincolnshire
Supporting our Local Area
Following a challenging few years for everyone, the use of technology to communicate and work effectively has raised a question for all of us, are we digitally ready for the future?
The Humber Digital Skills project is co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), as part of the 2014-2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme in England, and The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as the Managing Authority for the England ESF programme.
National Employer Training (part of the TEC Partnership) is proud to deliver the project in the Humber region (North, North East Lincs, Hull and East Riding).
Project Gigabit
‘Project Gigabit’ is the government’s national mission to deliver lightning-fast, reliable broadband for everyone in the UK. Read more about the open market review: