1. Community Driven Digital Inclusion Sheena Watson, Charlie Anderson Fife Council John Hay Digital Feat Digital Participation Cross Party Working Group Scottish Parliament

2. Fife Pop’n around 360 000 Rural and Urban – good coverage around the bridge head but significant Not Spots in rural areas patchy G3 coverage Poverty issues -One in six of Fife population characterised as being income poor reflecting not just issues around worklessness but also in-work / low wage poverty Young people taking up a disproportionate share of the unemployed with 30% of all JSA claimants under 25 years of age The amounts of debt, rent arrears, council tax arrears, and fuel debt more than doubled within the previous two years - approximately 5% of the Fife residents experiencing some or deep financial troubles Almost a fifth of Fife households suffering from fuel poverty

3. Ofcom Fixed Broadband Figures Fife Percentage getting less than 2Mbit/s: 14% Superfast broadband availability: 48% Broadband take up: 65% Slightly above national average

4. Community Driven Digital Inclusion www.digitalfife.com Online Community www.digitalfife.com Bid to Big Lottery built on existing work around ICT skills with community groups Creating a reason to learn about the internet and ICT Building on Digital Champion Model

5. What is Digital Fife ? Main content of Digital Fife has been developed by community groups themselves in the form of websites. Over 240 community groups are currently part of the online community. Digital Champions are recruited from these groups. These Champions who cascade their learning to others is a key strength of the work. Through the community groups and directly Digital Fife also delivers online learning in topics relevant to community groups. Over 1250 learners have so far registered for online courses.

6. Technology Webspringer is a reliable and easy to use system which was developed in partnership with groups and the IT Developers HOP Associates. Considerable testing was done by the groups to ensure we ended up with a product which met their needs. The developers were very hands-on with the groups and have developed a lasting working relationship with them which is a key strength to the work. Net books and dongles allow cheap and mobile access to internet

7. Online Learning

8. Most popular modules – Consultation and Digital Photography Promoted and used in Learning Centres and Libraries as well as by Digital Fife Community Over 1250 learners registered so far for online courses

9. Digital Inclusion Strategy – Why ? Good range of strong and innovative pieces of work in the area of digital inclusion Wanted to add value to these individual pieces of work by bringing them under the digital inclusion banner. We also wanted to map the existing work and identify where we could be improving our outreach, approaches and service. Need to consult with other services and third sector and not simply develop a strategy within Community Learning and Development –

10. Digital Strategy Group Digital Inclusion Strategy approved at Housing and Communities Committee August 2010 Action plan in place Net books in schools – pilot work Aberhill Sheltered Housing work with WEA Digital Panels Strategy Group established and meeting 4-6 times a year Digital Champions within services / voluntary sector

11. Martha Lane Fox launching Fife Learning Network and Fife Libraries joint Race Online Pledge Visited Templehall Library / Learning Centre / Community Centre Digital Fife Digital Champions

12. Digital Inclusion Fife Strengths Community led work in digital inclusion – Digital Fife Active Partnership groups – Fife Learning Network Digital Inclusion Strategy Group Challenges Achieving super fast broadband across Fife Reaching those without a reason to get online