This document provides information about the Get IT Together Kirklees digital inclusion project. It discusses: 1) The project focuses on over 55s, BME groups, health issues, and the unemployed. Key local partners include Kirklees Council and various community centers. 2) The project aims to directly engage 2000 people and influence 5000 overall through marketing. Progress will be tracked through surveys of 60 individuals at regular intervals. 3) Upcoming activities in the next few months include digital skills sessions at community centers and a joint health project with a local sports team. The project aims to train additional digital champions to expand support.

1. Get IT Together Kirklees
UK Digital Inclusion Programme
Board Meeting 16th March 2012
Security

2. Get IT Together Projects
Barnsley
Leeds
Caithness
Cornwall
Highlands & Islands (x2)
Gwynedd
Caerphilly
N Ireland
Glasgow
London
Wirral
Kirklees
North Lincolnshire
Bristol

3. Get IT Together Kirklees: Local Partners
Kirklees
Project Coordinator:
Lorraine Noble
Project Focus:
Over 55’s, BME, Health and Worklessness
Key local partners:
Kirklees Council, Libraries, Ravensthorpe Childrens Centre and CC,
Paddock Learning Trust, Chickenley Community Centre and Chickenley
School, Community partnerships, Dewsbury Rams, KNH, ANAT,
Neighbourhood Police

4. Identifying areas of Digital Exclusion in Kirklees
Finding excluded areas
• Using the deprivation banding and
Internet adoption levels it is possible
to identify the excluded areas.
• The households in deprivation bands
1, 2 & 3 with Internet adoption less
than 70% are in the areas highlighted
in red on the map
• Estimated 26k off-line households in
the identified areas
Off-line
households:
Internet take-up level (in LSOA) - modelled
Decile of IMD 2010 Less than 40% 40 to 50% 50 to 60% 60 to 70% 70 to 80% 80 to 90% Total
1 - 1,970 6,405 2,347 310 - 11,032
2 - 467 6,261 2,388 608 - 9,725
3 - - 2,354 4,226 756 - 7,336
4 - - 1,626 5,247 1,383 64 8,319
5 - - - 3,451 1,478 - 4,929
6 - - - 1,335 2,074 - 3,408
7 - - - 643 2,892 127 3,661
8 - - - 861 3,986 510 5,358
9 - - - 206 2,414 1,085 3,705
10 - - - - 666 443 1,109
Total - 2,438 16,645 20,704 16,567 2,229 58,583

5. Get IT Together Kirklees:
How do we measure success?
• Each project aims to influence 5000 people; 3000 by awareness-raising/ marketing
• 2000 will be led on a 5-stage journey to digital inclusion
• Longitudinal study: 60 individuals- survey carried out at 3,6,12 and 24 months
Ripple effect,
200
Project-led
activity, 500
Close partner
activity, 1300

6. Get IT Together Kirklees: the numbers!

7. Get IT Together Kirklees: Successes
• BT Love To Reconnect (GCL)
• Internet Drop in (GCL)
• BT Community Connections x 1
• Work with sheltered housing complexes
• Bingo ladies IT at Chickenley CC
• Supporting Job Club at Chickenley CC
•Wi-fit sessions at Thornhill Lees

8. Get IT Together Kirklees: challenges
Working with BME groups, language and cultural
issues
Internet access
Tutor support
Project and Technology
Moving so fast
Accessing Volunteers
Matrix Management
Wearing so many hats!

9. Get IT Together Kirklees: coming soon!
• BT Love to Reconnect: Chickenley CC (March)
• Internet Safety Awareness: March
• Dewsbury Rams joint health project (April)
• Grandparents to school day at Chickenley C school
• Improve your literacy with Digital Technology: (Sept)
• Additional BT Community Connections Awards
• Digital Champions facilitating sessions/ drop-ins
Delivery Phase: projected figures Apr- Jul ‘12
• action planning today!
• additional sessions: 60? (25 pl + 35 cp)
• additional learners: 450? approx
• digital champions x 10 available on a regular basis
• flexible budget to support delivery

10. Get IT Together Kirklees: Outcomes

11. Get IT
Together
Kirklees