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📽️ Video by Yuan Gao, with Darran Gillan interviewing.

Got an idea for a project to enhance #digital #equity through collaborative forms of civic action? Our Feasibility Studies are funded up to £50k for impactful, interdisciplinary research. Apply by 31st Dec: includeplus.org/feasibility-...

#digital #equity | INCLUDE+ Network Thinking of applying for an INCLUDE+ Feasibility Study grant? Give yourself a head-start by watching the second video from our 'Relational Digital Inclusion' event, which highlights the ideas and them...

Thinking of applying for an INCLUDE+ Feasibility Study grant? Give yourself a head-start by watching the second video from our 'Relational Digital Inclusion' event, which highlights the ideas and themes which stood out for members of our network.

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‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe Gen z are the first generation to have grown up with social media, they were the earliest adopters, and therefore the first to suffer its harms. Now they are fighting back

‘Don’t pander to the tech giants!’ How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe

Many thanks to the brilliant Yuan Gao, who devised, recorded and edited these video pieces, and to INCLUDE+ Principles Champion Darran Gillan, who interviewed the speakers.

#digitalinclusion #digitalequity #tech4good | INCLUDE+ Network Imagined futures for 'Relational Digital Inclusion'. Hear from INCLUDE+ members who attended the INCLUDE+ annual event at the University of Leeds in September 2025, as they reflect on 'The Politics of...

Imagined futures for 'Relational Digital Inclusion'. Hear from INCLUDE+ members who attended the INCLUDE+ annual event at the University of Leeds in September 2025, as they reflect on 'The Politics of Care and Connection'

(part 1 of 4, video by Yuan Gao).

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This brilliant INCLUDE+ Exploratory Project is a collaboration between @parvenk.bsky.social (Kids N Clicks) and Dundee International Women's Centre.

Spent the day at DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CENTRE yesterday and what a day it was. We explored “from prompt to plate” using food as a doorway into AI for BME women who are so often excluded…... Spent the day at DUNDEE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CENTRE yesterday and what a day it was. We explored “from prompt to plate” using food as a doorway into AI for BME women who are so often excluded from...

"Tools are powerful but people are wiser". Find out how an unusual cookery workshop helped a group of women to feel more confident, critical and positive about the role that AI could play in their lives (though not necessarily in their kitchens!). www.linkedin.com/posts/parven...

Projects will each have a maximum value of £50,000, to begin no later than April 2026 and lasting no more than 9 months: includeplus.org/feasibility-...

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...

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🌟 Our 2025 call for Feasibility Studies is now open! 🌟
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We're currently fielding quite a few enquiries about the next INCLUDE+ #digital #equity #funding call for feasibility studies, with a budget of up to £50k.

We're just finalising the details and hope to launch the call next week, so stay tuned! The deadline for submissions will be 31st Dec.

📢 Our recent Youth Work, Education & Lifelong Learning report is full of great info on how youth work helps to #ChallengePoverty by:

🎓 Supporting educational attainment
💪 Developing skills for life & work
🚧 Tackling barriers to participation
And more!
https://bit.ly/3ItmvNj #EducationNeedsYouthWork

Young people taking the lead on AI research: find out about the fantastic INCLUDE+ study 'Our Futures and AI' led by @youthlinkscot.bsky.social.

Huge thanks to @sopra-steria.bsky.social for hosting this visit by the two youth groups!

@volactionleeds.bsky.social explored how the tech industry, the VCSE sector and statutory bodies can work together to create more effective and inclusive digital volunteering partnerships. Full report by Katie Cecilia, with support from Andrina Dawson at includeplus.org/fellowship/l...

Horsforth Town of Sanctuary received a grant to explore the process of gifting devices to people seeking asylum. Thanks to the brilliant Laura Schubert and Alice James for leading this work! includeplus.org/exploratory-...

We're delighted to feature in this month's Partner Profile by 100% Digital Leeds digitalinclusionleeds.com/partner-prof...

The piece highlights two amazing Leeds-based digital inclusion projects that we've funded...

Announcing Kinship Works An alliance for a human alternative

📣 I'm excited to announce a new venture: Kinship Works!
Supporting the energy at the edges - and building a human alternative to our struggling bureaucratic settlement.
More details here, along with teasers on some wonderful work we'll be doing this Autumn:
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We'll be hearing from projects that speak to the contradictions of digital inclusion today. At a time of limited resources and growing need, they offer grounded, local responses that question assumptions and expand what digital inclusion can mean in practice.

Banner text for the event Relational Digital Inclusion: The Politics of Care and Connection with abstract graphic of hands circling a bundle of chainlinks.

It's nearly time! We can't wait to welcome guests to the University of Leeds tomorrow for Relational Digital Inclusion: The Politics of Care and Connection!

You can read more about last year’s edition here: includeplus.org/research-hub...

Thomas Diafass (one of last year's cohort) is leading this year's residency. His community-grounded art and performance practice brings unique insights into how we can all approach digital inclusion in a holistic way that looks beyond the #DigitalSkills narrative.

This is the second edition of IN+ART, building on last year’s inspiring start. We feel privileged to welcome participants from Argentina, Poland, Brussels, the UK, and Greece, with whom we continue to explore digital equity, collective care, and artistic community practice.

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A very warm welcome to our INCLUDE+ Network IN+ART Residency 2025 participants!

We’re delighted to have you here, and we hope you enjoy the weather ☂️ , Yorkshire's hospitality, and the wonderful staff at University of Leeds's HELIX Maker Space.

A fantastic opportunity to work with the brilliant YouthLInk Scotland team on a project funded by INCLUDE+!

New Report: Exploring Cross-Sector Digital Volunteering Partnerships - Doing Good Leeds The Digital Fellowship Project set out to explore how the tech industry, the VCSE sector, and statutory bodies can work together to create more effective and inclusive digital volunteering partnership...

Exploring Cross-Sector Digital Volunteering Partnerships: a new report authored by Katie Cecilia, funded by INCLUDE+, and supported by @volactionleeds.bsky.social, 100% Digital Leeds, Forum Central, @leedscommfound.bsky.social and @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social

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Digital Identities: A Policy Hackathon | SPRITE+ Hub We're inviting SPRITE+ members up to 35 years of age to participate in a policy hackathon.

🚨 Last chance to apply for our Policy Hackathon! 🚨

We invite SPRITE+ members up to 35 years old to participate in our online hackathon in September. Applications close this Friday (15th August)!

🔗 Apply here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...

#SPRITE #ChathamHouse #CommonFuturesConversations

Include+ Principles in Oral History - Mhor Collective This piece shows how Mhor Collective’s Connecting to Care project brings digital inclusion to life through trauma-informed, peer-led support. Grounded in the INCLUDE+ Principles, it highlights how dig...

INCLUDE+ Principles in oral history: we're delighted to share a second piece from Mhor Collective reflecting on our Principles. This time, an overview of the Castlemilk Oral History Project, exploring whose stories get told and how we shape our own communities: www.mhorcollective.com/include-prin...

Include+ Principles in Mental Health - Mhor Collective This piece shows how Mhor Collective’s Connecting to Care project brings digital inclusion to life through trauma-informed, peer-led support. Grounded in the INCLUDE+ Principles, it highlights how dig...

From Paralysis to Agency: Aligning Mhor Collective’s Connecting to Care Project with the INCLUDE+ Principles www.mhorcollective.com/include-prin...

Do read! It's a pleasure and a privilege for us to collaborate with organisations who think deeply and care radically.

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Can an AI tool enhance children’s critical understanding and recognition of gender biases in AI-generated images?

Find out more about the CARE-Kids exploratory project, led by Elisa Rubegni, and read the report! includeplus.org/exploratory-...

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What if digital inclusion work isn’t just about access and skills but about relationships and trust?

Darran Gillan shares insights into why Collective Care matters. Is it the missing link in #digitalinclusion programming?

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