Tag: Good Things Foundation

Nominet and Good Things Foundation digital inclusion partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Nominet, the public benefit company that operates and protects UK internet infrastructure, is donating £4.5m over three years to Good Things Foundation to accelerate their strategy to fix the UK’s digital divide – for good. Nominet’s funding will allow Good Things Foundation to continue to support the National Digital Inclusion Network, which creates impact at scale, working with community groups, small local charities, libraries, social enterprises, housing associations and much more to distribute free data and devices and provide help to build basic digital skills and confidence.  Through the National…

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The charity initiative helping all sectors achieve their sustainable development goals

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s leading digital inclusion charity, Good Things Foundation, has developed an initiative that supports all sectors to achieve their sustainable development goals, addressing two of today’s biggest issues: environmental and social.  Partnering with the Circular Electronics Partnership (CEP), who drive a coordinated transition towards a circular electronics industry, Good Things Foundation asked Deloitte to explore the opportunities for businesses to reuse their IT equipment to fix the digital divide.  This new research, Circular electronics for social good, highlights a significant opportunity to tackle e-waste and the digital divide. Most…

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Virgin Media O2 and Good Things Foundation have joined forces to launch the National Databank – to tackle data poverty

Stuart Mitchell

With more than seven million people across the UK unable to access mobile data or broadband at home1, Virgin Media O2 has partnered with the Good Things Foundation to launch the first-ever National Databank. The launch is a direct response to the need for mobile networks to find a long-term solution to the data poverty crisis at a national level – by creating a collaborative, community-led platform that provides free mobile data to those who need it. A central hub The National Databank, which will be open to all mobile…

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7 Million People Will Be Left Behind Through Digital Exclusion in the Next Ten Years, As Report Reveals How the UK is Losing Billions in Potential Savings

Stuart Mitchell

Almost seven million adults in the UK — 12% of the adult population — will still be left behind in ten years as a result of digital exclusion. The financial consequences are expected to run into the billions by 2028 unless action is taken now by business and government. This is according to new expert analysis for Good Things Foundation conducted by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr). In response to these findings, Good Things Foundation is calling on government and other organisations to step up their efforts…

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