Social Inclusion in the Internet Age

Hello all

You are invited to discuss how the internet can help social inclusion

Registration essential

Mark



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Social Inclusion in the Internet Age
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SCIP Digital Inclusion Fringe Event, Labour Party Conference
6.00pm, Monday 28 September 2009
Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton

Sponsored by NixonMcInnes
Organised by SCIP, UK Online, Wired Sussex.

FREE
Full details and registration form at
http://scipdigitalinclusion.eventbrite.com?ref=ebtn

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Digital inclusion and digital engagement are the latest buzzwords for
ministers, policy-makers and consultants in the public, private and third
sectors. But what exactly is the goal? What is already happening? And how
does build on what we know about successful social inclusion?

SCIP is hosting a Fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton to
bring together policy-makers and practitioners to look at where we are now
and how we can move ahead.

The speakers will be:
* Tom Watson, MP, former Cabinet Minister
* Helen Milner, MD of UK Online
* Mark Walker, SCIP, ICT Champion for the third sector in the South East

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Places are limited so please register now at:
http://scipdigitalinclusion.eventbrite.com?ref=ebtn
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What is Digital Inclusion?
To some people digital inclusion means designing websites for people with
disabilities. Others want to use new technologies, such as computers and the
web, to help disadvantaged people access new opportunities for work,
training or leisure, to tackle isolation and social and economic
deprivation.

The Government's concern centres on increasing the use of Government
services on the web, both to help improve services and to save money.

What is agreed is that not everyone is sharing the potential benefits of the
internet age. As many as 25% of UK adults have not used the internet,
whether through lack of opportunity, lack of resources, or simply because
they don't want to.

A new Digital Inclusion Champion has now been appointed, hot on the heels of
the creation of a Minister for Digital Inclusion - a post that has been
around long enough to be on its second incumbent.

But what lies at the root of this issue? What makes it such an important
target for Government? And what does it look like in the communities we're
trying to reach?

Wine and snacks will be served.

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Places are limited so please register now at:
http://scipdigitalinclusion.eventbrite.com?ref=ebtn
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