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.
Digital Is an enabler to how many of us live our lives now. However, in a world where not everyone has the access to this space, how do we shift the narrative to create equal opportunity and address issues of inequality for people to be included and have access to the opportunities digital has to offer? We are considering these refelctions through developing a framework for Digital Inclusion. The framework involves five Pillars for Digital Inclusion, these Pillars are:
MotivationÂ
Device
ConnectivityÂ
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).
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.
Digital inclusion is our collective responsibility to ensure that everyone can benefit from being online. It involves motivation to engage online, access to an appropriate device and connectivity, having the skills and confidence to use digital and, once online, interactions with services that have been designed inclusively so they are accessible and easy to navigate.