Race Online 2012

With over 30 years’ business and IT experience, Anthony, 57, from Etchingham decided to give something back to his community by deploying his IT skills. Realising that his valuable skills could help others, he’s running workshops for internet beginners’ in his village.  “My inspiration comes from being able to give back to my local community,” [...]

In the UK, 2.46M people are unemployed, 5M people of working age are on benefits and 2M children live in households where nobody works.   Writing in The Guardian, Martha Lane Fox argues that giving everyone digital skills is a key factor in tackling long-term unemployment: “we urgently need education professionals to connect our hardest-to-reach [...]

There was a real buzz at this week’s inaugural Third Sector Digital Communication & Social Media Convention, hosted by Race Online 2012 partners Aspire Knowledge – enthusiasm oozed from all quarters. The convention’s 400 delegates are trailblazers who must avoid the pitfalls of preaching to the converted, and escalate digital adoption to any CEOs and [...]