Digital Citizenship through education - Social Schools
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Achieve Digital
United Kingdom · Glasgow · Local · See the United Kingdom profile · See the Glasgow profile
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 80% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
The aim of the Achieve Digital was to open young people’s minds to the possibility of a career in the digital sector, using its funding to offer digital industry activities to young people, developing their computing skills whilst highlighting the range of careers in tech. The ke
180 people
At-risk young people supported
25%
Participants placed into digital work experience
Details
- Maturity
- Pilot
- Promoter
- The Princes Trust — website
- Type
- Service
- Status
- Ongoing
- Target groups
- Marginalised young people and children
- People reached
- 180
- Period
- 2016-01-01
- Keywords
- digital industry, digital skills, digital work experience, marginalised youth
Context
Achieve Digital, developed by The Prince's Trust and Artronix with Digital Xtra Fund backing, ran Digital Skills Days and digital work-experience placements in Glasgow to open 'at risk' 13-16 year-olds' minds to careers in the digital sector.
Results
The programme supported 180 at-risk young people, with 25% of participants placed into digital work experience and progression toward digital course choices in further education.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k)
- Time to results
- Short (< 1 year)
- Staffing & skills
- The Prince's Trust youth workers, Artronix technical facilitators
Conditions for success
- Digital Xtra Fund grant backing
- Hands-on activities (electronics, coding, game design) rather than classroom-only teaching
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Information source — accessed 2026-06-14
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