by Laura Hadley | Dec 3, 2021 | DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital Stockport
December 3rd marks International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPWD), a day to celebrate the challenges, barriers, and opportunities for people with disabilities. The theme for this year’s IDPWD is “Fighting for rights in the post-COVID era”. Because, since...
by Alison Mumford | May 17, 2021 | Digital access, Digital Practice, Digital Stockport
With contributions from Laura Hadley, Jane Taylor and Stephen Hodson, and a headline by Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Our council vision is to keep the people of Stockport at the heart of what we do. By this we mean all people. Our websites,...
by Emma Jemison | Jul 2, 2020 | Digital access, Digital Practice
Two weeks after the UK government imposed a nationwide lockdown, Stockport Council launched a helpline for Stockport’s most vulnerable people, to assist people to access what they needed to help them stay safe and well. The initial tech work required the...
by Lee Emery | Apr 3, 2020 | Communities, Digital access
Just a quick update on what’s been happening in the Stockport digital and IT teams over the past couple of weeks. As well as sharing some of our actions we hope to get feedback from others that could collectively help us to improve our response. The Stay at...
by Anwar Majothi | Jan 24, 2020 | Digital access
William Arthur Ward once remarked, “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts the sail.” Learning from complaints and improving services, systems and processes is encouraged strongly at Stockport Council. Stockport...
by Eraina Smith | Nov 28, 2019 | Digital access
The Highways team have been working with the Digital by Design team to design a new user-friendly application process for residents requesting a dropped kerb outside their property. We already had an online application process, but under the old system many residents...
