1. What is Go On? Go ON UK is a cross-sector digital skills charity. Go ON UK is a partnership organisation and has the chief executives of nine major organisations around its boardroom table. Working with its partners, Go ON UK’s vision is to empower everyone in the UK to reach their digital potential.vision Cross party support with commitments from all sides to continue investments.

2. To make the UK the world’s most digitally skilled nation Aim: No. 1

3. Now: UK 12/ 150 countries ambition: leading by 2020 UK 2020 Working with our partners and others

4. To inspire and support people and organisations who want to share their digital skills with others Purpose:

6. The Divide is Widening Access to public services that are increasingly moving online Increased social exclusion as relationships go online Young people without home internet may struggle with educational attainment Pay higher prices for goods & services that are offline Harder to find and get jobs

8. Basic Online Skills – people

10. The Digital Skills Charter COLLEAGUES CUSTOMERS COMMUNITY 12 3 Everyone in my organisation should have Basic Online Skills. Basic Online Skills Everyone deserves online services that meet their needs. People without the Basic Online Skills to become confident online should not be left behind.Basic Online Skills We’ll share our experience and resources on digitalskills.com to help everyone in the UK get connected.

11. Shared language – knowing what to say

12. Where are we now? 19% of people in the NWest are digitally excluded West Lancashire has between 85 – 89% of internet users vs a UK average of 87% West Lancashire has between 10 – 14% of non- users compared to a UK average of 12.6%. Across Lancashire digital exclusion affects up to 120,000 individuals. This equates approximately 10,000 digitally excluded individuals in West Lancashire.

13. In West Lancs … DI Lead DI Strategy in development Networking Community-i DI events at libraries

14. What we learned Run events in a mix of libraries and community centres or health centres or local UK Online centres Promote through grassroots community organisations Provide info for people to take away Orgs across Lancs are keen to link to digitally excluded – Huge appetite for Go ON West Lancs

15. Joining up the dots

16. Community-i joining the dots

17. Community-i West Lancs

18. A possible West Lancs Partnership

19. Aims Empowering everyone in West Lancs to reach their digital potential. Share initiatives, expertise and work jointly on digital inclusion initiatives. Share best practice and deliver thought leadership on digital skills throughout West Lancashire. Promote digital inclusion initiatives across the borough.

20. Your input is welcome Pamela Holstein, West Lancs BC Pamela.holstein@westlancs.gov.uk Pamela.holstein@westlancs.gov.uk Gordon Hempton, West Lancs Community-i gohempton@aol.com www.digitalskills.com www.go-on.co.uk