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UnionLearn Digital Inclusion Offer

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The following UnionLearn resources are aimed at increasing digital inclusion of users: - Working to Close the Digital Divide - a guide for union reps on supporting digital skills (available online). Identifies challenges and barriers to digital inclusion, and provides help to rep

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Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Unionlearn — website
Type: System
Status: Ongoing
Target groups: Unemployed and those facing social problems, Migrants, People with disabilities
People reached: 50000
Period: 2006-01-01
Keywords: training, inclusion, digital skills, digital divide, employment

Context

Unionlearn, the union-led learning arm of UK unions since 2006, offers a bundle of digital-inclusion resources for union members: a rep guide ('Working to Close the Digital Divide'), a free online/app-based ICT SkillCheck self-assessment tool, a directory of union learning centres, and the 'Climbing Frame' digital-skills signposting resource.

Implementation

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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

Quality score: 72/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

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Evaluation

Evaluated by MEDICI consortium

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Innovation level3/5

How novel the approach is, from the source innovation rating (graded 0–5).

Sustainability (ongoing)1/1

Whether the initiative is still ongoing rather than ended.

Evaluation evidence0/1

Whether a substantive evaluation of the initiative exists.

Demonstrated reach1/1

Whether the initiative reached a measurable number of people.

Documented learning1/1

Whether transferable lessons learned are documented.

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Evidoria. UnionLearn Digital Inclusion Offer. Persistent ID: d1581bcd-c5d9-455e-96c1-edb4c99f2f3d.

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