Resources for DigiKnow partners
Help with the cost of internet access
There are free-to-use public computers and Wi-Fi in all Stockport libraries, the One Stockport Hub and Stockport Council reception. See Library opening hours or learn more about Open+ to use libraries outside staffed hours.
View our interactive map to see the locations of free Wi-Fi across Stockport.
Call the DigiKnow Helpline on 07724 217888 to find out about borrowing a device or data from the DigiKnow Device Lending Library.
Social tariffs are discounted price plans for people who receive government benefits.
Digital Champion newsletter
Sign up for Starting Point’s weekly Digital Champion newsletter.
Digital Champion Learning Guides
Starting Point have created user guides for Digital Champions for doing things online and these can be downloaded from Starting Point Community Learning Partnership (Learn Worlds).
Device recycling
How to unlink your phone. Instructions for Android and iPhone.
Drop-in poster
Download pdf to self-print.
DigiKnow flyer for learners
Download pdf: ‘Do you need help getting online’ or email us for printed copies.
DigiKnow flyer for network
Statistics and reports
Fixing the Digital Divide in Greater Manchester: Social Impact Report – GMCA
Ofcom Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2024
Making the future a reality: harnessing the potential of patient-facing tech in healthcare
Digital Wellbeing – ALL Digital 2023
Digital Poverty in the UK – Digital Poverty Alliance 2023
Building a Digital Nation – Good Things Foundation
Data Poverty APPG State of the Nation report 2023
Ada Lovelace Institute ‘Healthcare Access denied’ report 2023
Digital Skills Report for the Charity Sector 2023
House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee’s digital exclusion report 2023
Digital Inclusion in Libraries in England – Good Things Foundation 2023
Digital Poverty Alliance National Delivery Plan 2023
The economic impact of digital inclusion in the UK – GTF 2022
Nominet Digital Youth Index 2022
Digital exclusion: a review of Ofcom’s research on digital exclusion among adults in the UK 2022
GM Social Impact Report 2022: fixing the digital divide
The British Academy 2022 – Understanding Digital Poverty and Inequality in the UK
GTF 2022 – Local communities and the internet ecosystem: Scaling solutions to data poverty in the UK
Lloyds Consumer Digital Index 2022
Lloyds Essential Digital Skills Report
Digital Poverty Alliance – One Year On Report – 2022
Ofcom Affordability of Communications Services – 2022
GTF 2022 – The economic impact of digital inclusion in the UK
Charity Digital Skills Report 2022
Lloyds Bank UK Consumer Digital Index 2021
Lloyds Bank Essential Digital Skills Report 2021
New analysis of 2020 Ofcom media use and attitudes data
GTF 2020 – A blueprint for a 100% Digitally Included nation
All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Integration, 2020 – Social connection in the COVID-19 crisis
Age UK 2020 – Digital inclusion and older people – how have things changed in a Covid-19 world?
ONS Internet access – households and individuals, Great Britain: 2020
Good Things Foundation, 2019 – Digital Motivation: Exploring the reasons people are offline,