Fix The Digital Divide at the House of Lords

It was great to come together at the UK House of Lords at the Good Things Foundation reception to celebrate the collective impact we are having to #FixTheDigitalDivide and to see Learn for Life featured!

Chariots of Fire Trip

Thank you to @sheffieldtheatres for inviting us along to see Chariots of Fire. We had a great time ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™€๏ธ More photos are on our Facebook page.

Digital Futures for Good Episode

It was great to be part of the special Election episode of Digital Futures for Good. We shared our views on digital inclusion barriers, and proposed actions a future government could take to #FixTheDigitalDivide.๐Ÿ’ก

The broadcast featured commentary and a thought-provoking discussion from Good Things Foundation CEO Helen Milner OBE, FutureDotNow CEO Liz Williams MBE and Head of International at Public First Venous Ali.

Catch up here.

Ambassador Meeting

Earlier this week, Hayley met up with our fellow @goodthingsfdn Ambassadors, Staff, and Board Members.

There was lots of hard work, fun, and spontaneous presentations! It was an inspiring day full of Good people ๐Ÿค—

Learn for Life is one of the 10 Ambassador hubs, based in various parts of the UK from London to Edinburgh to Swansea, all providing support to the digital inclusion network.

Forge Dam Trip

A belated photo from our trip to Forge Dam last weekend. We hope you have a sunny weekend! ๐ŸŒž

Refugee Week 2024

As part of #RefugeeWeek2024, Hayley will be co-presenting a training session for Good Things Foundation tomorrow, answering the question: How can we best support people who have newly arrived to the UK to access essential digital services and life in the UK? If you are an online centre you can register to join here.

Adult Learning Awards 2024

We are very proud of our student volunteers who won awards at the Adult Learning Awards. It was a lovely event at the Town Hall with different providers coming together to celebrate. Congratulations to Hasti, Ruth and Shirley!

Walk and Talk Trips

As part of making people more familiar with Sheffield we have visited a few different places as part of our Walk and Talk trips. Here are some of the photos taken by our volunteers and learners over the past couple of months:

Pound Park:

Botanical Gardens:

Supermarket shopping:

Heeley Farm:

Peter and the Wolf Trip

Thank you to Ruth and Sheffield City Hall for gifting us tickets to see Peter and the Wolf and Vivaldi concert this afternoon!

Making your money go further

We enjoyed meeting people at the “Making your money go further” event at Zest today