by Craig Hughes | Jul 17, 2023 | Business Intelligence, Collaboration, Digital Practice, Digital Stockport
Late last year, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) announced a new round of the Local Digital Fund, and in March, we were awarded funding for a digital project to improve hospital discharges to social care. What problem are we trying to...
by Kathryn Rees | Jul 10, 2023 | Architecture, Business Intelligence, Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital Practice, Digital skills, Digital Stockport, Smart places
Five years ago, we were among the founding signatories of the Local Digital Declaration. Since then, hundreds of other local authorities and supporting organisations have signed, and over 300 organisations will celebrate Digital Declaration Month this July. The...
by Rachael Turner | Jul 3, 2023 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital skills, Digital Stockport, Jobs
Rachael Turner is a Director at Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab), a DigiKnow network partner. Following the popularity of their free beginners’ coding course for young people earlier this year, they are pleased to announce details of two further courses. The...
by Mark Murray and Claire Grindlay | Jun 12, 2023 | Business Intelligence, Collaboration, Digital Practice, Digital Stockport
Emergency Planning and Civil Resilience is vital for local people who depend on the effectiveness of planning and a swift and effective response. As a Category One Responder, working alongside our blue light colleagues, councils have a central role in responding to...
by Clara Jones | Jun 8, 2023 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Stockport
During Volunteers Week 2023, we’ve been thanking Digital Champion volunteers for the help they give with digital skills. Clara Jones, Head of Digital Inclusion at Starting Point Community Learning Partnership, who manage the DigiKnow Digital Champions network, tells...
by Dave Kelly | Jun 1, 2023 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Stockport, Enabling Independence
This Volunteers Week (1-7 June), we want to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to our communities and say Thank You to them. The DigiKnow alliance has over 40 Digital Champion volunteers who help out regularly at classes across Stockport. We recently...
