Digital Inclusion

By fionacampbell, Wed, 05/07/2023

We invite you to be part of our co-design process exploring Digital Champion training for housing. Sessions will take place via Zoom. If you are able to make both sessions that’s great. If not, your contribution will still be hugely significant for one session.

To register your interest please complete the following  form.

By fionacampbell, Wed, 05/07/2023

We invite you to be part of our co-design process exploring Digital Champion training for mental health. Sessions will take place via Zoom. If you are able to make both sessions that’s great. If not, your contribution will still be hugely significant for one session.

To register your interest please complete the following form.

Marian Reid has been with the TEC Programme since May 2022 and provides housing expertise to the Digital Citizen portfolio of programmes, identifying potential links, collaborations, and barriers to housing involvement.

Marian's background is in housing policy, practice and research, and has been involved in technology, digital and care-related issues from a housing sector perspective for several years.

Dr Tara French is Programme Lead for Digital Inclusion within the Digital Health and Care Directorate, Scottish Government. Tara is passionate about genuine co-design and human rights based approaches to designing social care and health in Scotland. She has worked in academia, policy and practice (in both Social Care and the NHS).

Digital Pioneers

We invite you to attend our Digital Pioneers Information session. Information sessions will introduce the funds, covering the eligibility criteria, aims of the funds and the outcomes applicants are expected to meet.We’ll talk through the application process and monitoring and reporting requirements as well as having time for you to ask questions. We look forward to hearing from you.

Overview

Digital inclusion means ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to develop their skills and confidence and can access an appropriate device and connectivity to do the things they want to do online.The Scottish Government’s Digital Health and CareDirectorate are working on a new programme, delivered in partnership with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and Connecting Scotland, that will focus on digital inclusion in Mental Health and Housing.