Targeted outcomes of the Council's Digital Inclusion Policy
- Improved connectivity through removing barriers and encouraging greater investment within the borough.
- Residents have greater access to digital devices through removal of financial barriers.
- Ensure all residents can benefit from the opportunities of existing and emerging technology through providing a greater understanding of the benefits of modern technology.
- Improved digital skills across the borough through providing greater opportunities to acquire new skills at home and in the workplace.
- The identified benefits of digital technology will be accessible by all with no resident being excluded.
The outcomes generally represent three themes, all of equal importance, which we must deliver on if the Council are to achieve its objectives and empower its customers to access the identified benefits of going online and using modern technology:
Connectivity, getting connected and improving our network creating greater competition to reduce the cost of being connected to the digital world.
Skills, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to gain the required essential digital skills to safely participate and contribute to the digital world.
Accessibility, accessing a device as well as ensuring all identified and developed opportunities are made available to all our customers where applicable. No one is to be left behind in terms of accessing the benefits of the digital world.
The key outcome is to ensure that the benefits and opportunities we will provide are available to all our customers.
To deliver the objectives of the Council's Digital Inclusion Policy, the Council has developed a strategy (currently under review), which sets out how we plan to achieve the targeted outcomes of the Policy: