In an increasingly digital society, technology can help people manage their money, health, housing, leisure, and mental wellbeing. Being online and being digitally included can help people deal with the challenges they face and make their lives easier. West Yorkshire Combined Authority has secured funding to create a digital inclusion programme that will help people and communities across the region.
Would you like to know how Digital Inclusion West Yorkshire can help you offer additional support to your service users, giving them the skills and knowledge to use technology safely and effectively?
In a blog for Digital Leaders, Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Chair of the Combined Authority, reflects on the launch of the West Yorkshire Local Digital Skills Partnership and how supporting digital skills will be central to economic recovery.
The West Yorkshire Local Digital Skills Partnership will bring together digital advocates and key leaders from business, education, local communities and the third sector to form a collaborative partnership to support the region’s vision to transform lives through digital tech.
The newly formed West Yorkshire Local Digital Skills Partnership Board met for the first time to map out how to support digital skills development and how the need for digital skills will boost the region’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.