by Julia English and Siobhan Myers | Aug 11, 2022 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital Stockport, Enabling Independence
Following our last blog looking at the Discovery and consultation processes for our early intervention procedures and preventative services, the final stage of this project is the creation and delivery of the Stockport Support Services. The new Hub brings together a...
by Mike Howard | Aug 3, 2022 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital skills, Digital Stockport
Starting Point Learning Partnership, as part of the Digital Inclusion Alliance, has launched a new free DigiKnow Friends training session to help raise recognition of digital exclusion in Stockport and signpost where support is available. It’s the first step of a...
by Aimee Teare | Jul 27, 2022 | Collaboration, Communities, Digital access, Digital Stockport, Enabling Independence
In 2014, Stockport Council Adult Social Care (ASC) service commissioned a range of prevention and early help services to support residents to live safe, healthy, happy, and independent lives at home in the community, improve their emotional and economic well-being and...
by Laura Hadley | May 19, 2022 | DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital Stockport
As we mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2022 (GAAD), I find myself reflecting on the last year and a half, and what accessibility now means to us and our website. On 23 September 2018, accessibility regulations for local authority websites and apps came into...
by Matt Scholes | Mar 30, 2022 | Digital access, Digital Practice, Digital Stockport
Us: “We want to design our form to have one question per page” Suppliers and peers: “What on earth for? Are you mad?” Sometimes, we find ourselves questioning what we’re doing because many other voices say it’s odd or unusual, simply because it is...
by Laura Hadley | Dec 3, 2021 | DigiKnow, Digital access, Digital Stockport
December 3rd marks International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPWD), a day to celebrate the challenges, barriers, and opportunities for people with disabilities. The theme for this year’s IDPWD is “Fighting for rights in the post-COVID era”. Because, since...
