Click & Connect
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Lloyds Bank Academy
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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 98% 32/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
Launched by Lloyds Bank, the Academy is focused on helping users improve their skills. Whether that's getting to grips with their computer, starting a new career - or taking their business to a whole new level. Users can learn online at their own pace, or join face-to-face classe
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Lloyds Bank plc — website
- Type
- Service
- Status
- Ongoing
- Target groups
- Elderly people, Unemployed and those facing social problems
- Period
- 2019-08-25
- Keywords
- free, digital skills, online, academy
Context
Lloyds Bank launched the Academy after its own research revealed that millions of people in the UK still need digital skills. Focused on helping users improve their skills — from getting to grips with a computer to starting a new career or growing a business — the Academy's courses are designed to suit any level and are free.
Activities
Users can learn online at their own pace or join face-to-face classes with an expert on hand to help. The Academy gathers the best learning materials from expert partners, including Google Digital Garage, the Digital Skills Partnership, Good Things Foundation and Superfast Business Wales.
Results
No formal evaluation was conducted, and no reach or outcome figures are published in the available content.
Conclusions
The Academy positions itself as a free, partner-curated digital-skills resource available to everyone in the UK, though its own effectiveness has not been independently evaluated.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Medium (€50k–€500k)
- Time to results
- Long (> 3 years)
- Staffing & skills
- Lloyds Bank Academy programme team, Delivery partners: Google Digital Garage, Digital Skills Partnership, Good Things Foundation, Superfast Business Wales
Conditions for success
- Partnership model curating best-in-class learning materials from established digital-inclusion organisations
- Mix of self-paced online courses and face-to-face expert-led classes
- Free access for all users
Commonly funded by
Own resources / municipal budget
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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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