Deadline: 14-Mar-25
The Suffolk Community Foundation has launched its Digital Inclusion Fund to reduce digital poverty and its effects across target demographics within Suffolk.
Helping residents to become digitally included will bring wider social benefits to enable people to be better informed, pay less for things, be more employable, feel more independent, be less isolated, and live happier, healthier and easier lives.
The funding has been made available by East Suffolk Council and Suffolk County Council in partnership with Suffolk Community Foundation.
Objectives
- The objectives of the fund:
- To reduce digital poverty and its effects across target demographics within Suffolk
- To increase digital inclusion across target demographics within Suffolk
- To improve health outcomes across target demographics including (but not exclusive to) access to services and access to training and employment
Focus Areas
- Key areas of focus:
- Digital skills provision for Suffolk residents
- Digital device access for Suffolk residents
- Low cost/affordable connectivity for Suffolk residents
Funding Information
- Maximum grant available: £25,000, although larger grants may be considered.
Beneficiaries
- Fund beneficiaries:
- Residents with lower income levels
- Residents living with disability/sensory impairment
- Residents who are unable to fully access the labour market
Eligible Projects
- New innovative projects
- Existing projects
- Revenue or capital costs (or a mixture of both)
- Core costs and organisational overheads
- Full cost recovery
Eligibility Criteria
- Charitable and Voluntary groups
- Faith and community groups
- Social enterprises that are addressing need within Suffolk
For more information, visit Suffolk Community Foundation.