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    Become a Digital Skills Volunteer

    Mon, 11/20/2023 - 09:56
    Digital Inclusion Volunteer

    Advice NI is seeking to recruit volunteers from rural communities to deliver on a LINK funded project. As part of LINK's access to cash activities, LINK wishes to support and encourage digital inclusion in the UK, including through initiatives with selected groups and individuals.

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    Protect the Most Vulnerable: Uprate Benefits by Inflation

    Wed, 09/20/2023 - 09:34
    Benefits Press Release

    People on the lowest incomes – both in and out of work – have endured a decade of austerity; with freezes and cuts to social security benefits and in-work support; hollowing out support, undermining resilience and ability to cope with adversity.

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    Improve your digital skills

    Mon, 03/27/2023 - 12:19
    Digital Inclusion

    Advice NI have partnered with SENAC to deliver a tailored Digital Skills programme for parents of children with additional needs.

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    Access to the Internet is a Social Justice Issue

    Thu, 02/09/2023 - 12:40
    Digital Inclusion

    Northern Ireland has the highest rate of non-internet users on these islands at 14.7% (Office of National Statistics, 2021. Digital 2021: Ireland).

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    Rights for Carers

    Wed, 09/28/2022 - 15:05
    Digital Inclusion

    Advice NI, in partnership with the Special Educational Needs Advice Centre (SENAC), plan to support carers of children with learning difficulties to become more digitally included enabling them to engage with policy and decision makers and to access their rights and entitlements. Funded by the Department of Health, this project will support carers to learn the digital skills to go online safely and to access their rights and entitlements. We will be sharing more updates on this project in our next edition of Advice Matters.