Thanks to a significant grant from the National Lottery Community Fund we are able to ramp up our digital equity work across Gloucestershire.  

Our new ACORN Project (Advancing Communities through Outreach, Resources, and Nurturing) will enable us to help an additional 7500 disadvantaged people in Gloucestershire. We will give them better access to digital devices and connectivity, help them gain the confidence and skills needed to take full advantage of today’s increasingly digital society, and we will be upskilling some of the vital VCS organisations supporting them.

The three-year ACORN Project will be all about working with peer-to-peer groups and the Voluntary & Community Sector across Gloucestershire to improve digital knowledge and capacity, and enable those most in need to access the help and support they require. 

This support will be given to individuals and groups unable to access existing one-to-one support in the Districts, through the training of organisations supporting those in digital poverty.  The project will use people’s experiences and local data to help shape and influence the future planning and delivery of digital and other support services in the county.