Carnegie Trust UK: new report on Digital Resilience

• Digital inequalities exist between young people in and out of care settings, but also persist between residential houses.
• Young people employ a number of methods to access the internet including use of public WIFI (such as buses, fast food outlets or libraries), nearby WIFI (walking around neighbouring streets) and repurposing the available Ethernet cables for other devices.  
• Use of hotspots from personal devices using data can cause power imbalances within residential houses.
• Enterprise grade technology is not suitable for a domestic settings.
• Young people were not opposed to internet monitoring or filtering and suggested restriction measures that they feel should be implemented.

The Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership has published a new report, supported by the Carnegie UK Trust, which explores the digital experiences of looked after and accommodated young people in Glasgow. 

http://bit.ly/DigitalResilienceLACYP

Digital Resilience, Inclusion & Wellbeing for Looked after Children & Young People was delivered by leading design agency Snook, working with a group of young people from across Glasgow in residential settings, to understand how they are accessing the internet, what they are currently using the internet for and what their needs are from the internet in the place where they live.

Based on qualitative research with a group of young people, the report presents a snapshot of experiences and range of insights relating to digital skills, access, inequality, online safety and digital ethics.

The report also provides a framework of recommendations and next steps for each of the themes explored.

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