The framework also informs the Lloyds Bank Consumer Digital Index, which involves a basic digital skills survey of 9,000 people. The 2018 report found that in the UK:

Please refer to this framework when building courses and opportunities for students. We should be hitting multiple KPI areas in lessons as collaboration tools have the ability to cover targeted areas. 

Eligibility: Unemployed or economically inactive/ barriers to employment 

Apply via: Call/ email . Self-referrals can be made by emailing/calling the details provided. 02920 871071 IntoWorkAdviceService@cardiff.gov.uk 

Contact:  Cardiff = 029 2087 1000/ CFW@cardiff.gov.uk Vale of Glamorgan = 07874 635237/ c4w-barry@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk 

Eligibility: Must be enrolled on to a current Adult Learning Cardiff course. 

Apply via: Adult Learning Courses - Adult Learning Cardiff 

Contact:  029 2087 1701 / adultlearningquery@cardiff.gov.uk 

Eligibility: Must be enrolled on a current Adult Learning Cardiff course. Laptop loaned for duration of course only. Financial suppot is available to purchase a laptop whilst completing a ‘Long’ course. 

Apply via: Courses (digitalvirtue.net) 

Contact:  info@adultlearning.wales / 03300 580845 

Website: Adult Learning Wales | Wales' Community Learning Provider of Choice (digitalvirtue.net) 

AOC-ALW_ULP_ALP_Offer_2020.pdf (adultlearning.wales) 

Eligibility: No eligibility, contact DCW for information on equipment loans. 

Apply via: https://www.digitalcommunities.gov.wales/contact-us/

Contact:  0300 111 5050

Website: Digital equipment loans (gov.wales)    / Digital inclusion in health and care (gov.wales)

Eligibility: No eligibility, any member of the local community can join.  

Apply via: Joining the Library | University of South Wales  There is an application form to complete, along side a headshot photograph to be sent to the contact below 

Contact: librarysupport@southwales.ac.uk with

Website: Laptop Loans | University of South Wales

Eligibility: Must be enrolled on current CAVC course

Apply via: Assistive Technology Support - Cardiff and Vale College (cavc.ac.uk)

Contact: ALN@cavc.ac.uk  / 02920 406526 

Eligibility :  Referral Only. Eligibility applies, please see list of eligible health conditions eligible_medical_conditions.pdf (independenceathome.org.uk). Conditions for personal digital equipment applies including social isolation 

Contact: iah@independenceathome.org.uk / 020 8427 7929

Website: Help For You - Independence at Home 

Eligibility: Varies through different funding streams, make an account to be matched with funding.

Contact: (online form) Contact | Lightning Reach

Apply via: Application Portal | Lightning Reach

Eligibility: Are we eligible? - Family Fund 

Contact: (online form) Family Fund - Frequently Asked Questions 

Website: Wales programme - Family Fund   /   Computers and tablets - Family Fund 

Eligibility: Refugee or Asylum seeker 

Contact: access@screen-share.co.uk

Eligibility: Refugees over 18, who require a device for training or work. 

Apply via: Our services — REFEO 

Contact: info@refeo.org   /    Contact Us — REFEO 

Website: REFEO 

Eligibility: ‘We help people who have become lonely through lots of different circumstances. Some of these include:

– the death of a loved one
 – illness or injury
 – disability or impairment
 – homelessness
 – domestic abuse
 – becoming a refugee
 – moving away from friends and family’

Contact: info@wavelength.org.uk /   01708 621101

Individual Technology Solutions for Vision Impaired People: Provides tablets and smartphones with pre-loaded accessibility settings for those who are blind or visually impaired. 

Contact: Contact | ITSVIP  /   07547 406 563

Website: What We Do | ITSVIP

Lots and lots of teacher resources, including lesson plans and embedded interactive games that students can complete at their own pace. 

*SECURITY* - Check downloads, site is secure but undermanaged

Range of quizzes, worksheets and exercises for ESOL students - available as multiple choice quizzes online, or alternatively can be printed. 

Google Applied Digital Skills program is a comprehensive full teaching program resourced with brilliant lesson plans, resources and much more! 

Google has really done the heavy lifting here with providing almost all you need to fulfil a full digital fundamentals program, covering the main strands of digital literacy 

2 courses to help with fractions, decimals and other maths skills for work and everyday life

6 courses to help you use a computer, the internet and office programs like spreadsheets and word processors.

6 courses to help with decision making, your mindset and dealing with stress and resilience.

10 courses to help with communication skills, your professional online presence, leadership and collaboration.

8 courses including project and business management, bookkeeping and sales.

6 courses including user experience design (UX), graphic design, app design and social media.

16 courses including cybersecurity, computer networks, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing.

6 courses including HTML, CSS, Python, C, C++.

The Government must publish a new digital inclusion strategy and establish a new cross-government unit with direct input from Number 10. It should focus on five key actions:

 
To help people go online and benefit from the internet day to day, the Digital Inclusion Strategy focuses on: