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Talk Talk for Everyone
United Kingdom · Bradford · National · See the United Kingdom profile
Good Things Foundation partnered with TalkTalk to digitally support vulnerable people in some of the most deprived wards across the UK. From August 2017 through to July 2018 24 Online Centres helped over 1200 people in their communities learn to stay safe online and improve thei
1200+ people
People helped to stay safe online and improve their digital capability (Aug 2017 – Jul 2018)
24 centres
Online Centres participating in the programme (Aug 2017 – Jul 2018)
12 grants of £2,000
Grants awarded to local Online Centres (2017-2018)
Details
- Promoter
- Good Things Foundation — website
- Type
- Service
- Status
- Ended
- Target groups
- Unemployed and those facing social problems, People with disabilities, Migrants, Elderly people
- People reached
- 1200
- People targeted
- 1200
- Period
- 2017-07-31 – 2018-07-30
- Keywords
- Online Centres, Online Safety, Digital Skills, vulnerable people
Context
Good Things Foundation partnered with TalkTalk to digitally support vulnerable people in some of the most deprived wards across the UK, using Good Things Foundation's Learn My Way online learning platform. Homeless people, families in poverty, and people with poor mental health were among those helped through programmes focused on staying safe online.
Activities
12 grants of £2,000 were given to external Online Centres to fund the work, with each centre expected to engage with 50 people.
Results
From August 2017 to July 2018, 24 Online Centres helped over 1,200 people in their communities learn to stay safe online and improve their digital capability.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k) — 12 grants of £2,000 awarded to local Online Centres (£24,000 total in grants), each centre expected to engage 50 people.
- Time to results
- Short (< 1 year) — Programme ran from August 2017 to July 2018 (approximately 11 months).
- Staffing & skills
- Good Things Foundation - programme partner running the Learn My Way platform, TalkTalk - corporate partner, 24 local Online Centres - delivery partners funded via grants
Conditions for success
- Targeted outreach to specific vulnerable groups (homeless people, families in poverty, people with poor mental health)
- Use of an established online learning platform (Learn My Way)
- Small grants (£2,000 each) to local Online Centres to fund direct community engagement
Where it fits
- Governance type
- non-profit/corporate partnership
- Scale
- local (24 Online Centres across deprived UK wards)
- Income level
- high-income (UK); target population low-income/vulnerable
Commonly funded by
Philanthropic / foundation funding 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
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