Decision details

The Council has been awarded a grant of £135,000 by  West Yorkshire Combined authority for the role of Digital Inclusion Officer.

This programme will build the capacity of community organisations to deliver digital skills and access to those who are digitally excluded in local settings, across the West Yorkshire region. This will involve: facilitation of digital inclusion signposting for community organisations; networks for peer support for VCSE sectors; coordination of regional digital inclusion funding bids; evaluation and data sourcing activity.

·      This is a West Yorkshire initiative and includes programme level outcomes,  with flexibility for local delivery.

·     Bring organisations together in either a community or place-based way, offering peer support and network building.

·     Local support can be specific, for example to improve health and wellbeing outcomes.

·     Aligned with Employment West Yorkshire and ensured that UKSPF Pillar 3 complements.

This will directly address one of the four key ambitions of the West Yorkshire Digital Skills Plan:

1.     Social digital inclusion: The project aims to simplify and enable delivery of digital skills to those who are currently digitally excluded in local settings.

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The decision is to receive external funding from West Yorkshire Combine authority; to enter into grant agreement with WYCA; and to deliver the role of Digital Inclusion Officer.