by Thad Barker | Nov 10, 2020 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Practice
Over the last few years I have witnessed a rapid transformation on how we work with communities. By bringing communities closer to the service design process and embracing user testing we have services shaped with people, rather than for people. It’s a really simple...
by Lee Emery | Oct 19, 2020 | Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Stockport
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t just claimed lives. For people who can’t use digital to communicate, to shop and to manage their everyday lives, it has also stolen their independence. Get Online Week hopes to change that. Get Online Week, held annually since 2010, is...
by Kathryn Rees | Oct 16, 2020 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Stockport, Economy
It is Digital Leaders Week and an opportunity to learn and share the digital innovation that is happening across the public sector and beyond. We are excited by our digital journey in Stockport and were proud to be named a finalist in the Digital Leaders Smart City...
by Ryan McMurdo | Sep 18, 2020 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Stockport
Starting Point have been the community partner in Stockport’s DigiKnow Alliance since March 2018. Since mid-April, when we moved our learning onto Zoom and offered remote digital support, we have offered over 130 organised Zoom sessions. This has seen hundreds of...
by Lee Emery | Jul 16, 2020 | Communities, DigiKnow
When setting out to transform our digital services Stockport Council committed to do this without leaving anyone behind. Two years ago we established our ‘DigiKnow’ alliance to deliver digital support and skills through established community groups and organisations...
by Ryan McMurdo | Apr 23, 2020 | Communities, DigiKnow
In this blog, first published by Starting Point Community Learning Partnership on 6th April 2020, Ryan McMurdo describes how StartingPoint have adapted their digital skills training provision to working remotely and offers some tips for activities to boost your mental...
