Eliminating digital exclusion is not a new challenge and the ways that organisations tackle the issue continue to evolve and refine. As a result, policy makers and funders also need to continually review how they support organisations to deliver the best outcomes to improve wellbeing, sustainably and efficiently.
In 2018, the Carnegie Trust launched the #NotWithoutMe Accelerator a development programme to create opportunities for different types of organisations to explore, experiment with and learn more about delivering digital inclusion support, specifically with young people.
We have published ‘Accelerating Digital: Learning from a digital inclusion accelerator programme’ to explore the relative merits and considerations of the approach, particularly for the third sector.
This evaluation has been undertaken by Revealing Reality and is intended to act as a resource for individuals or organisations with an interest in development and capability building in their sector.
This reflective research explores various aspects of the programme design, factors around individual and organisational participation and provides 10 summary considerations. This report is intended to strengthen the evidence base for further capacity building interventions, and with a focus on digital, but also to inform practitioners about this, still relatively novel type of support.
You can read the report here and follow the hashtag #NotWithoutMe on Twitter to join the conversation.
We hope you find this report of interest and if you would like to learn more about this work please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Anna Grant
Senior Policy and Development Officer
Carnegie UK Trust
Twitter: @CarnegieUKTrust
www.carnegieuktrust.org.uk
This project was undertake prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.