26 weeks to make a difference

To makeNI

the UK’s most digitally skilled nation

Our aim

£ 63 BILLION uplift in UK GDP if global digital

leadership achieved

£ 18.8 BILLION uplift in annual

turnover if SMEs marketed and sold online

9.8 million don’t have Basic Online Skills

1.6 million SMEs need to improve their capability

Government programmes and investment£15m from Big Lottery Fund

The Opportunity

The Divide is Widening

Access to public services that are increasingly moving online

Increased social exclusion as relationships go online

Young people without home internet may struggle with educational attainment

Pay higher prices for goods & services that are offline

Harder to find and get jobs

Case study: Go ON North East

Partnerships

Promotion

• 500+ local partners supported the campaign

• 1,300 digital champions recruited and supported

• Embedding digital skills into everything they do

• 26 weeks to make a difference plan

• Menu of Support developed to support key messages

Political leadership• All 12 local authorities

signed up to Digital Skills Charter

23% of NI adults don’t have Basic Online Skills

COMMUNICATE FIND THINGS SHARE

1 2 3

Send and receive emails

Use a search engine and

browse

Fill out an application

form

KEEP SAFE ONLINE4

These Basic Online Skills have been developed by Go ON UK with the help of key academics from LSE, LBS, Ofcom and OII. They are being used as a basic standard of literacy for Go ON UK Partners.

Basic Online Skills – people

Thousands of organisations also miss out

Basic Online Skills – organisations

These Basic Online Skills have been developed by Go ON UK with the help of key academics from LSE, LBS, Ofcom and OII. They are being used as a basic standard of literacy for Go ON UK Partners.

COMMUNICATE FIND THINGS SHARE

1 2 3

Send & receive emailCreate & maintain

social media accounts

Use customer relationship

management tools

Use a search engine & browse

Build, maintain & promote a website

Comply with accessibility guidelines

Optimise site for different devices

KEEP SAFE ONLINE5

4

Make & take payments &

donations online

FIND THINGS TRANSACT

£

Our aim? A 25% Basic Online Skills boost

in 12 months

How?

COLLEAGUES CUSTOMERS COMMUNITY

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Everyone in the UK should have the Basic Online

Skills to enjoy the full benefits

of the web

Everyone deserves world-

class digital services that

meet their needs and are useable

by all

Communities that don't have

the skills to fully enjoy the

benefits of the internet should

not be left behind

Go ON UK Digital Skills Charter

Joining digitalskills.com

Shared language – knowing what to say

Hundreds of partnersso far including

National partners Local partners

They’re supercharging existing activity and embedding Basic Online Skills

into everything they do

A taste of activityso far

Future champions will identify, develop and train digital champions throughout Northern Ireland with an emphasis on: • Supporting rural communities• Promoting ease of access for disabled

members of the community • Preparing the community for Welfare

Reform changes and challenges Reaching out to past participants

Trained 496 digital champions across NI

Lower Castledawson CA Coleraine DHCN

Disability Equality Group NI

"People with sight loss need to acquire IT skills that offer them new ways of accessing information and interacting with the world around them after they lose access to print.“ DorisRNIB training has enabled Doris to increase her involvement in her local community

“Halifax Northern Ireland, part of Lloyds Banking Group, has a huge responsibility to encourage and support people and organisations to gain the Basic Online Skills and confidence to take advantage of the many opportunities the internet can bring.

That’s why we are committing our own colleagues and joining forces with our community partners in Northern Ireland to support those with low or no digital skills. Namely:• Creating an army of at least 500 digital champions to promote the benefits of a digital world• Focusing our Halifax branch colleagues on supporting our customers to carry out their banking online• Putting plans in place to support five different charity groups through our membership of Northern

Ireland’s business in the community”

Jim McCooe, Regional Ambassador for Northern Ireland, Lloyds Banking Group

What can you do now? • Digital champions – become one or recruit and support others• Basic Online Skills – embed into everything you do• Partnerships – make contact with local partners or on

digitalskills.com and work together to find creative ways to help boost Basic Online Skills in your area

• Digital Skills Charter – encourage your organisation and partners to engage and commit

Together we can helpevery person, small business

and charity get connected

Thank you