This year’s INCLUDE+ event is all about exploring what comes next. In addition to exploring the curated, created, imagined and lived changes the INCLUDE+ projects have already enacted, we focus on the future: specifically looking at how we might carry work forward into everyday practice beyond current funding cycles. Through the event, we want to … Read more
By Hilary Philips, YouthLInk Scotland It’s Saturday morning and two groups of young people are gathering to make their way to Sopra Steria’s Edinburgh office. Typically, the technology company’s office would be deserted at the weekend, but this is an opportunity for the young people to catch a flavour of a corporate office, share about … Read more
By Darran Gillan (Founder, TeamG) I am delighted to announce that I have joined the IN+ Network as a Fellow. The fellowship is cross-sector and embedded in nature and that relational positioning is an important feature worth sitting with. Rather than observing from the outside, I will be working directly with several organisations engaged in … Read more
INCLUDE+ Fellow Alex Hutchison reflects on a Fellowship, hosted by YouthLink Scotland, which explored how youth work organisations can partner with technology companies without losing the focus on children and young people’s rights, inclusion, safety, and dignity.
Globally, 82% of people aged 15 to 24 use the internet, according to the International Telecommunication Union. Yet despite being the most digitally active demographic, the voices of young people, particularly from non-Western contexts, remain largely absent from the conversations shaping digital environments. The Youth Digital Cultures Lab (YDCL), hosted at The Pranava Institute and supported by INCLUDE+ was conceptualised to work on this gap.
INCLUDE+ is inviting proposals for projects that seek to enhance digital equity through collaborative forms of civic action. We are particularly interested in projects focusing on systemic or structural change, which aim to do impactful work in the world as part of their project. We invite proposals for projects up to the value of £50,000, … Read more
Learning from and with communities The aim of this working document is to take a moment to pause and evaluate what we have done so far, mapping our collective efforts against the IN+ Principles. Our intention is to explore whether and how our principle-driven approach has generated any unique or hidden insights into how digital … Read more
by Darran Gillan – Research Lead Mapping IN+ Principles Project As someone deeply committed to digital equity, with a background in youth work and community engagement, I’ve dedicated much of my career to exploring inclusive, community centred approaches to bridge the digital divide, helping marginalised groups thrive in digital spaces. As an INCLUDE+ Network fellow, I’ve … Read more
By Darran Gillan Hi everyone! I’m Darran Gillan, and I’m excited to be stepping into the Research Lead Role on the IN+ Principles Analysis Exploratory Project with INCLUDE+. It’s a privilege to join such a vibrant and thoughtful network committed to digital equity, creativity, and community transformation. With a background in digital inclusion, community development, … Read more
The New Narratives Workshop held in Leeds on March 19–20, 2024, provided a space for organisations supporting refugees and asylum seekers to examine their approaches to inclusion, storytelling, and digital engagement. Designed to help participants reconsider projects that facilitate participation, the workshop foregrounded the use of storytelling as a tool to counteract cynicism and fear, … Read more