Our partners
Working with partners, pooling resources and sharing expertise has continued to be vital to having the impact we do as an organisation.
Go ON UK
As Race Online 2012 become Go ON UK, we continued to work closely with the organisation – and their 8 founding partners – to support them in their quest to make the UK the most digitally capable nation in the world.
BT
BT continued to be a huge advocate for digital skills - and for Online Centres Foundation - during 2012-13. Not only did they continue promoting the UK online centres network through the Get IT Together campaign, but they also made our annual conference possible by hosting almost 200 delegates at the BT Centre.
Digital Unite
Digital Unite continued to be an important partner during 2012-2013, as once again the UK online centres network got behind the Spring Online campaign. We also continued to embed Digital Unite’s learning products within the Learn my way site, ensuring learners using the site can access the best resources for their needs.
TalkTalk
TalkTalk continued to be a big supporter of OCF during 2012-2013. They lent their name to the Get online week campaign, supporting it with media activity to encourage people to get online during the month of October. We also began working with them on a volunteering programme, directly training their staff as digital champions, and partnering them with local UK online centres where they could give their time.
EE
One of the Go ON UK founding partners, in 2012 EE made the commitment as part of their CSR objectives to train staff up as digital champions, so they could go out into the community and support people to improve their skills. We put together a bespoke volunteering programme for the organisation, enabling them to partner up with local UK online centres to take part in outreach activity, as well as directly training almost 50 staff as digital champions.
Nominet Trust
We have continued working closely with Nominet Trust this year, as we developed Community How To – the pioneering website funded by the charity. Community How to closely meets Nominet Trusts social aims, of using the power of digital technology to improve lives and communities, and we will continue working closely with the organisation over the coming year.
Post Office
The Post Office continued to be an important partner in 2012-13, encouraging their Crown Post Offices to refer customers on to UK online centres for support improving their digital skills. They were a key supporter of Get online week, supporting key PR activity as well as encouraging activity in branch. We will continue to work with the Post Office in 2013-14, bringing our networks closer together to ensure their customers can find the support they need to improve their digital skills.
Three mobile
Three mobile continued to be a big advocate of digital skills - and of the UK online centres network - over the previous year, and their sponsorship and support of a number of our Community Hubs by providing them with free mifi and dongles had a huge impact on some of the hardest to reach communities, connecting them for the first time.
These are just a snapshot of some of the partners we’ve worked with over the last year, so thanks to you all for your continued support – we couldn’t do what we do without you!