New UK online report links digital inclusion and social impact
A new reserach report from UK online centres and Ipsos MORI shows learning about computers and the internet can help improve the lives of disadvantaged communities.
The news is likely to be of interest to the government, following Gordon Brown’s announcement at the Labour party Conference of plans to fund one million extra families to get online.
The probable link between digital and social inclusion has long been recognised – connecting people to technology connects them to new information and skills, to their communities, to each other, to services, savings and employment opportunities.
However, the Digital inclusion, social impact report represents the first effort to prove the link both qualitatively and quantitatively.
Read the report at the DC10plus website