by Clara Jones | Apr 17, 2023 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital skills, Digital Stockport
This year DigiKnow is supporting the pan-European ALL DIGITAL Weeks campaign, raising awareness of digital skills for inclusion, empowerment, and employment. The ALL DIGITAL Network was set up to support Europeans with insufficient digital skills. The...
by Tanya King | Mar 14, 2023 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital skills, Digital Stockport
Tanya King is Head of Customer Engagement and Inclusion at Stockport Homes Group, one of the core partners of the DigiKnow Alliance. In my previous blog, I described the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Digital Pilot which has brought together internet...
by Sarah Burke | Mar 8, 2023 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital skills, Digital Stockport, Enabling Independence, Jobs
This year’s International Women’s Day theme, ‘Embrace Equity’, is being celebrated by The United Nations as ‘DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality’. It aims to draw attention to the impact of the digital gender gap on widening economic and social...
by Claire Wicher | Mar 2, 2023 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital skills, Digital Stockport, Economy
Claire Wicher is Head of Education and Skills at Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab), a DigiKnow network partner. MadLab is running a FREE beginners’ coding course this spring, starting on 29th March and running for five weeks. Aimed at Stockport residents aged...
by Renuka Parmar and Craig Lawson | Jan 31, 2023 | Business Intelligence, Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital Stockport
Having a device, whether a laptop, tablet or phone, is just part of a solution for people who are digitally excluded. It’s also about having internet access. With the cost-of-living crisis, many people are facing tough choices, and internet access is one of the things...
by Clara Jones | Dec 15, 2022 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Stockport
Stockport’s warm spaces provide welcoming and friendly environments for anyone to drop in and warm up this winter. They will be open until March 2023, and many offer free Wi-Fi and free hot food and drink without any pressure to buy something. Some also offer free...
