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 Caroline Simpson | Jul 21, 2022 | Business Intelligence, Digital Stockport
I’m incredibly proud that Stockport Council has been recognised for its pioneering use of digital and data to transform services for residents. This week, at the 2022 Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards, we received the Digital Impact Award, after demonstrating...
by Renuka Parmar and Clara Jones | Jun 16, 2022 | Collaboration, Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Stockport
DigiKnow, our digital inclusion programme, is now five years old! After the last two years of pivot and flex caused by the pandemic, we recently met with the steering partners to look at what we have achieved and workshop our roadmap. Undeniably the biggest challenge...
by Katherine Rosati | Jun 1, 2022 | Communities, DigiKnow, Digital Stockport
You may not know but people have been volunteering in Britain since Medieval times. Back in the 12th and 13th centuries, estimates suggest that there were no fewer than 500 voluntary church hospitals established in England. Volunteering continued through the...
