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Digital Access for All

United Kingdom · Ascot Berkshire · National · See the United Kingdom profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 80% 52/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

The goal of Digital Access For All, is to deliver a scalable programme over three years that addresses the needs of the one million families of school aged children who do not have adequate access to a computer, the internet and skills necessary to develop them. February 25th, 20

1,000,000 families
Estimated families of school-aged children without adequate digital access (UK) (n/a)
200,000 young people
Young people covered by the Department for Education's device-support pledge (n/a)

Details

Promoter
Learning Foundation — website
Type
System
Status
Ongoing
Target groups
Marginalised young people and children
Period
2019-02-25
Keywords
access, confidence, children, digital skills, disadvantaged

Context

Digital Access For All aims to deliver a scalable programme over three years addressing the needs of the estimated one million families of school-aged children in the UK who lack adequate access to a computer, the internet, and the skills to use them. Digital exclusion is described as contributing to poorer health outcomes, lower life expectancy, increased loneliness and social isolation, and less access to jobs and education.

Objectives

The vision of the Taskforce is to ensure that all children and young people in the UK have equal access to digital and the benefits it provides.

Activities

The programme has two current focuses: supporting a range of actors from individual schools and families to national and government initiatives, including distributing refurbished devices to families of secondary school-aged children; and addressing the gap left by the Department for Education's (DfE) pledge of device support to 200,000 young people, which the programme describes as insufficient given the many hundreds of thousands of young people still without access, some of whom are disengaged from learning for other reasons.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)

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