There are 10 million people in the UK still without an internet connection. This one-in-six population are increasingly excluded from the opportunities and conversations of the world. The statistics speak for themselves – shopping and paying bills through the internet make “average savings of £560 a year” and unemployed people who learn to find their way in the virtual world will on average increase their lifetime earnings by more than £12,000.
Read here about Pete Taylor from Bristol who was helped to get on to the internet by the South Bristol Digital Neighbourhoods Programme.
The ‘E-solated’
There are 10 million people in the UK still without an internet connection. This one-in-six population are increasingly excluded from the opportunities and conversations of the world. The statistics speak for themselves – shopping and paying bills through the internet make “average savings of £560 a year” and unemployed people who learn to find their way in the virtual world will on average increase their lifetime earnings by more than £12,000.
Read here about Pete Taylor from Bristol who was helped to get on to the internet by the South Bristol Digital Neighbourhoods Programme.
