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
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
INCLUDE+ is inviting proposals for projects up to the value of £50k that seek to enhance digital equity through collaborative forms of civic action. Projects must begin no later than April 2025 and last no more than 9 months. Application deadline: 22nd Nov 2024.
Our IN+ ART Iterations programme launched in 2023 and seeks to explore digital equity through collaborative and experimental approaches. Working with artists and communities, the programme addresses the INCLUDE+ Principles and focuses on three core themes: well-being, precarity, and civic participation. Rather than aiming for predefined outcomes, the initiative encourages an open-ended exploration of how … Read more
INCLUDE+ network explores how social and digital environments can be built, shaped and sustained to enable all people to thrive. But what does it mean to ‘thrive’ in this context?
Over the past 6 months, we have been exploring the idea of ‘thriving’ through conversations with Prof. Caroline Bassett and Dr. Edgar Gómez Cruz at the Data School, Cambridge University; through our digital equity and inclusion workshops with Thrive by Design, and through related community work with Space 2 in order to think about what we mean by ‘thriving’, what properties thriving has for us, and how — ultimately — we might build for it.
Is digital equity a utopian idea? A digitally equitable world would be a place where all people can access and use digital technologies to meaningfully participate in society, democracy, and economy. Just imagine: no systemic barriers and anyone (regardless of their gender identity, race, [dis]ability, and/or social-economic status and other intersectional factors) would have the … Read more
Truly inclusive governance requires going beyond seeking out diverse perspectives—it requires active efforts to foster an inclusive environment. An organisation’s culture needs to be reflected in its advisory board, especially as the board’s role is, in part, to hold the organisation to its values. Unfortunately, boardrooms don’t have a great track record for being inclusive. So creating an inclusive boardroom might mean we have to throw the boardroom out with the bored-water…
This month we welcome a new Research Fellow to the INCLUDE+ Management Group. Dr Alicja Pawluczuk has over a decade of experience in co-designing, facilitating, and evaluating digital inclusion, digital literacy and ICT-enabled and/or focused education programmes in the UK and internationally. She brings with her experience working on both high-level digital development programmes as well … Read more