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Community Driven Digital Inclusion
Sheena Watson , Charlie Anderson Fife Council John Hay Digital Feat
Digital Participation Cross Party Working Group Scottish Parliament
Fife
• Pop’n around 360 000
• Rural and Urban – good coverage around the bridge head but significant Not Spots in rural areas patchy G3 coverage
• Poverty issues -One in six of Fife population characterised as being income poor reflecting not just issues around worklessness but also in-work / low wage poverty
• Young people taking up a disproportionate share of the unemployed with 30% of all JSA claimants under 25 years of age
• The amounts of debt, rent arrears, council tax arrears, and fuel debt more than doubled within the previous two years - approximately 5% of the Fife residents experiencing some or deep financial troubles
• Almost a fifth of Fife households suffering from fuel poverty
Ofcom Fixed Broadband Figures Fife
• Percentage getting less than 2Mbit/s: 14%
• Superfast broadband availability: 48%
• Broadband take up: 65%
• Slightly above national average
Community Driven Digital Inclusion www.digitalfife.com Online Community
• Bid to Big Lottery built on existing work around ICT skills with community groups
• Creating a reason to learn about the internet and ICT
• Building on Digital Champion Model
What is Digital Fife ?
• Main content of Digital Fife has been developed by community groups themselves in the form of websites.
• Over 240 community groups are currently part of the online community.
• Digital Champions are recruited from these groups. These Champions who cascade their learning to others is a key strength of the work.
• Through the community groups and directly Digital Fife also delivers online learning in topics relevant to community groups. Over 1250 learners have so far registered for online courses.
Technology
• Webspringer is a reliable and easy to use system which was developed in partnership with groups and the IT Developers HOP Associates.
• Considerable testing was done by the groups to ensure we ended up with a product which met their needs.
• The developers were very hands-on with the groups and have developed a lasting working relationship with them which is a key strength to the work.
• Net books and dongles allow cheap and mobile access to internet
Online Learning
• Most popular modules – Consultation and Digital Photography
• Promoted and used in Learning Centres and Libraries as well as by Digital Fife Community
• Over 1250 learners registered so far for online courses
Digital Inclusion Strategy – Why ?• Good range of strong and innovative pieces of work in
the area of digital inclusion
• Wanted to add value to these individual pieces of work by bringing them under the digital inclusion banner .
• We also wanted to map the existing work and identify where we could be improving our outreach, approaches and service.
• Need to consult with other services and third sector and not simply develop a strategy within Community Learning and Development –
Digital Strategy Group
• Digital Inclusion Strategy approved at Housing and Communities Committee August 2010
• Action plan in place
• Net books in schools – pilot work Aberhill• Sheltered Housing work with WEA• Digital Panels
• Strategy Group established and meeting 4-6 times a year
• Digital Champions within services / voluntary sector
• Martha Lane Fox launching Fife Learning Network and Fife Libraries joint Race Online Pledge
• Visited Templehall Library / Learning Centre / Community Centre
• Digital Fife Digital Champions