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The five challenges
Affordable connectivity What’s the problem?,Alongside a device, people need access to an internet connection to be able to fully utilise it. ,Affordability and data poverty Recent research by NESTA into data poverty in Scotland found that one,access to the internet.,Following our call for affordable tariffs in 2018, BT, who are under statutory obligation to provide
https://scvo.scot/support/digital/inclusion/roadmap/the-five-challenges-3
SCVO Brief for the House of Commons Opposition Day Debate on 17 October 2018: The Rollout of Universal
15 October 2018
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SCVO Brief for the House of Commons Opposition Day Debate on 17 October 2018: The Rollout of Universal,Credit
15 October 2018 Download a PDF version of this briefing
Our position
The Scottish Council for,In June 2018, of the 880,000 households on UC, just 20 received a split-payment.,Despite this, home internet access varies considerably by household income.,In 2016, 63% of households in Scotland with an income of £15,000 or less had home internet access rising
Digital Inclusion Briefing
29 October 2018
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The reported high levels of internet use [1] and prevalence of smartphones in 2018 hides a deeper digital,Full digital inclusion is achieved where
people have: The confidence and motivation to go online;An affordable,The evidence clearly shows digital exclusion
exacerbates existing deep routed inequalities and affordability,SCVO (2018) –
Briefing on affordable internet
Our briefing paper on
the issues related to the affordability,Citizens
Advice Scotland (2018) - Disconnected: Understanding Digital Inclusion and
Improving Access
https://scvo.scot/p/27369/2018/10/29/digital-inclusion-briefing
The UN Special Rapporteur is clear - let's just hope government is listening
27 November 2018
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million people are more than 50% below the poverty line 5 million people are destitute and unable to afford,Add to this that home internet access varies considerably by household income: in 2016, 63% of households,with an income of £15,000 or less had home internet access rising to 98% in households with incomes