News & stories
Stay up-to-date on digital inclusion news and impact stories from Good Things Foundation and the National Digital Inclusion Network.
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22/04/2026March 2026 network meet-up: A farewell to Helen Milner OBE
Read the key takeaways from our network meet up in March 2026.
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02/03/2026February 2026 network meet-up: Digital inclusion libraries - Digital health
Read the key takeaways from our recent network meet-up with libraries
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31/12/2025October 2025 Get Online London Meet-up: AI for digital inclusion hubs and service users
Read the key takeaways from our recent Get Online London Meet-up.
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01/12/2025Good Things' Policy & Advocacy Autumn Session
Read the key takeaways from our latest Policy & Advocacy session where hubs voted on the top two policy asks they wished to talk about.
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02/10/2025September 2025 network meet-up: Get Online Week
Read the key takeaways from our recent Network Meet-up, focusing on popular events, new ideas and top tips for Get Online Week 2025.
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23/07/2025July 2025 network meet-up: Digital inclusion libraries - Digital skills for staff
Read the key takeaways from our recent Network meet-up with libraries
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18/06/20253G network switch off in the UK: What you need to know
The UK is in the process of switching off its 3G mobile networks. This transition is happening throughout the year, and it's important to be aware of how it might affect you.
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02/06/2025Supporting people seeking asylum and refugees for digital inclusion
This month in support of National refugee week (16th - 22nd June) we're shining a spotlight on how to support refugees and people seeking asylum to become digitally included.
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22/05/2025May 2025 network meet-up: Digital inclusion libraries - volunteers
Read the key takeaways from our recent Network meet-up with libraries
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02/05/2025Digital media literacy resources for your hub
The growing reliance on the internet has made digital media literacy skills crucial for navigating online information safely and effectively. This article provides you with resources that can help you support others to develop their media literacy skills.
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28/03/2025Fundraising resources for your hub
We understand the increasing financial challenges faced by network members. To support your fundraising efforts, in this article we've compiled various resources that may be helpful.
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27/03/2025March 2025 Get Online London: meet-up
Earlier this month, we got our London hubs together to talk about digital inclusion in health. Read the key takeaways.
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24/03/2025
February 2025 network meet-up: Digital inclusion libraries - back to basics
Read the key takeaways from our recent Network meet-up with libraries
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03/03/2025Employability and digital inclusion
Monday 3rd March marks the start of National Careers Week so this month we are looking at the link between digital inclusion and employability.
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30/01/2025Online safety resources for your hub
As a network, we know the value of being online. We share a passion to help everyone become digitally equal, able and safe, so that they can be happier, healthier and better off.
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07/01/2025
Accessibility resources for your hub
Understanding ways to provide the right support helps you better meet the needs of people in your community and can also encourage independence and boost social connections, giving people the opportunity to learn and succeed together.
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06/12/2024Digital fun for the festive period
As the days are getting shorter, and the chill is setting in, we could all do with a bit of digital fun to keep us going!
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04/12/2024
November 2024 network meet-up: Digital inclusion libraries - National Databank
Read the key takeaways from our recent Network meet-up with libraries who are also Databank hubs.
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27/11/2024Reflections from a Network Hub: Smartlyte - Get Families Talking
Hear Smartlyte's reflections on supporting their community - the 'how' and 'why.'
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14/11/2024Fixing the Digital Divide: how funding fuels change for the National Digital Inclusion Network
Research & Data Officer, Meg Potts, and Senior Network Delivery Officer, Alison Broadley, reflect on insights from hubs in the National Digital Inclusion Network about the impact of the funding received from Good Things, to help fix the digital divide.
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07/11/2024Celebrating Get Online Week events: Prize draw winners
To celebrate your work during Get Online Week, we ran FOUR prize draws. Hubs could enter by: sharing a video of their event on social media, registering new learners on Learn My Way, gifting free data, or completing the Get Online Week survey. Now, we're announcing the winners of these draws!
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31/10/2024
Network Meet-up: How might you use AI?
Read the key takeaways from our recent Network meet-up on how hubs are using AI at their organisations and what concerns they might have.
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28/10/2024Delivering the National Databank with Leeds Libraries
Our September Hub of the Month was Leeds Libraries after Sarah from the National Databank team nominated them for their impact and dedication to helping people access free mobile data in communities across the city.
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25/10/2024Rethinking device access in libraries: insights from our meet-up
At our September Libraries Digital Inclusion Meet-Up, library teams from across the country shared innovative approaches to supporting digital access through devices. Read the key highlights and libraries' plans for the future.
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01/10/2024Win up to £300 during Get Online Week!
To celebrate your work during Get Online Week, we’re thrilled to announce FOUR prize draws. Your hub can win up to £300 in vouchers to buy much-needed kit!
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01/10/2024Celebrating Digital Inclusion Hubs: Hub of the Month
We're celebrating the hard work of the National Digital Inclusion Network by nominating a Hub of the Month every month.
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12/09/2024Get Online Week: ready-made resources for your event
We know event planning can be a lot to juggle, but we’re here to lighten the load! This Get Online Week, use these resources to make your community events both fun and impactful. Whether you’re hosting your first event or are a Get Online Week veteran, these are here to make your planning a little easier.
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19/08/2024Get Online Week is almost here!
Get Online Week is just around the corner and this year we want to see more events, reach more people and make sure everyone knows why that we still need to #FixTheDigitalDivide, even in 2024!
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11/06/2024Celebrating our hubs during Refugee Week
In celebration of Refugee Week, we want to share some good practice and success stories from hubs that support asylum seekers and refugees to access the digital world.
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29/05/2024PSTN Switchover - The switch to digital
Changes are coming for the UK’s landline services, with our old copper wire service switching to an internet-based service over the next few years. Does your hub have all the information you need to support people in your community to make the change?
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08/05/2024Listening and taking action - an update on the recent Network Survey
Over 400 Network members took part in our last survey. We've turned their feedback into an action plan.
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08/05/2024
Listening and taking action - an update on the recent Network Survey
Over 400 Network members took part in our last survey. We've turned their feedback into an action plan.
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24/04/2024New scheme to celebrate Digital Inclusion Hubs' achievements
Hubs that are delivering the National Databank and Learn My Way are now automatically entered into a monthly prize draw.
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19/04/2024It’s a festival of impact and data!
Our research and data insights team are very excited to launch a flurry of activities in April designed to help you, and us, better measure your impact.
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26/03/2024
PressPlay: What libraries are telling us about digital inclusion
Community Engagement Manager, Louise Branch, provides her insights on the Library On Press Play event she attended in March.
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26/03/2024Tips for Supporting People During Ramadan
Community Engagement Manager, Louise Branch, puts together a list of tips from Network Ambassadors to help people in Muslim communities to get online during Ramadan.
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10/03/2024Get involved with Digital For All: Good Things’ latest campaign
Digital For All is a national campaign raising awareness of digital exclusion and the transformative impact getting access to digital has on people. Here's how you can get involved.
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09/03/2024Make some noise: advocacy & digital inclusion campaigning
Good Things are helping Network members make some noise and raise awareness of our community-based support at a pivotal time for digital inclusion.
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22/02/2024
Volunteer Management Spotlight
Good Things' Digital Inclusion Delivery team highlight key resources and training sessions for Network members to recruit, manage and retain volunteers to support the digital inclusion work you do.
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18/12/2023Jonathan's story: from disconnected to connected with the world
From an asylum seeker with no internet access to now a volunteer at Network member Learn for Life, Jonathan's life has been transformed with access to free data and a device.
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20/11/2023Stories from the Network: Digital Voice
National Digital Inclusion Network member Digital Voice share what they're doing to fix the North East digital divide.
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30/10/2023Visiting the network: our Get Online Week highlights
During Get Online Week 2023, the Good Things team visited lots of hubs, connecting with staff and speaking to people with lived experience of digital exclusion. Take a look at our highlights.
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22/09/2023
Money, money, money: a new grant model amid a challenging financial landscape
Good Things team members Gabi Woodhams and Jo Reynolds describe what hubs told them about the financial difficulties they’re facing, and introduce a new model of grant funding to help fix the digital divide.
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16/08/2023England’s libraries play a vital role in wider digital inclusion networks
New research has found libraries in England play a vital role in tackling digital exclusion – both as an individual service offer and – more importantly – as part of a wider ecosystem of digital inclusion support in communities.
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16/08/2023Community action is transformative: Hubs engage with their MPs on digital inclusion
At the forefront of activism are members of the National Digital Inclusion Network. Not only do you deliver essential digital inclusion products and services, but many have recently written or met with their local Members of Parliament (MPs) to get digital inclusion on the local agenda.
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24/07/2023House of Lords visit digital inclusion hub Skills Enterprise
Members of the House of Lords have seen first-hand the impact of hyperlocal, digital inclusion support. Good Things' Advocacy Manager, Hannah Whelan, discusses how to create that impact at scale - and meaningfully fix the digital divide across the country.
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24/07/2023Good Things launches Digital Inclusion Map
Now it's easy to find digital inclusion local help across the UK.
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24/12/2022Stories from the Network: 4MNet break down barriers for marginalised women
Network member 4Mnet train women living with HIV across the UK as Mentor Mothers to provide psycho-social support to peers in their pregnancy journey and beyond, and here they share how free mobile data and devices is breaking down the barriers for the women they support.
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14/12/2022
Sadia's story: overcoming mental health issues with digital
Read how developing digital skills and confidence through Learn My Way helped Sadia to become more independent and integrated within her local community.
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14/12/2022Stories from the Network: MRS Independent Living & Benchill Community Centre
Since the new Learn My Way launched in spring 2023, more and more hubs are using it to help their communities build digital skills. We hear how Network members MRS Independent Living and Benchill Community Centre have been using it.
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14/12/2022Amer's story: settling into life in the UK with free data and devices
From an asylum seeker with no internet access to becoming a volunteer at Job4Me, access to free data, a device, and digital skills has helped Amer kickstart his life in the UK.
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14/12/2022
Kobra's story: from disconnected to immersed in community
Kobra was struggling to afford connectivity before visiting her local digital inclusion hub. Since accessing free data, devices and digital skills training, her life has been transformed.