Digital Inclusion
We explore practical ways to help people develop digital skills, navigate services and participate more confidently in everyday digital life.
Support IFB Gaming
Help Build a More Inclusive Digital Future
Technology should help people participate, learn, connect and thrive. IFB Gaming works at the intersection of gaming, lifelong learning and digital inclusion to help individuals and communities turn digital access into meaningful participation.
Your support can help us develop practical resources, strengthen community connections and address barriers to digital participation.
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Our Approach
From Digital Access to Real-World Impact
Digital inclusion is about more than devices or connectivity. It is also about confidence, skills, accessibility, safety, opportunity and the ability to participate in an increasingly digital society.
Gaming and Learning
We use gaming as a starting point for conversations about creativity, digital citizenship, accessibility, learning and connection.
Community Collaboration
We work towards stronger connections between people, community organisations, researchers and services so that support is easier to understand and navigate.
Make a Difference
Choose How You Would Like to Help
Financial contributions, practical expertise, community connections and volunteering can all help move our work forward.
Make a Contribution
Help support the development of inclusive resources, community learning activities and practical digital inclusion initiatives.
Your contribution can help us develop our work and explore opportunities to reach people who face barriers to digital participation.
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Support as an Organisation
Work with IFB Gaming to explore practical, proportionate ways of supporting digital inclusion, learning and community participation.
- Fund a defined project or resource.
- Offer equipment, connectivity or professional expertise.
- Support community outreach and accessible learning.
- Explore research, evaluation or delivery partnerships.
Purposeful support, practical outcomes.
We welcome conversations about project scope, intended beneficiaries, delivery arrangements and how progress can be assessed. We aim to connect support to clear objectives and realistic commitments.
Our Work
Initiatives You Can Help Advance
Explore IFB Gaming’s resources and programmes, and discover where funding, expertise and collaboration could make a difference.
From Devices to Impact
Our Digital Inclusion Toolkit helps individuals, students, volunteers and community organisations understand digital inclusion and turn that understanding into practical action.
- Access, skills, confidence and participation.
- Practical reflection and learning resources.
- Community stories and digital inclusion pathways.
- Accessible material for different audiences.
IFB Stage Index
The Stage Index helps individuals and organisations understand digital inclusion needs, identify priorities and explore relevant support pathways.
- Understand different dimensions of digital inclusion.
- Identify priorities and practical next steps.
- Improve connections between services and support.
- Help community organisations increase their visibility.
Gaming, Creativity and Learning
IFB Gaming explores how gaming can open up conversations about digital culture, creativity, history, accessibility, safety and lifelong learning.
- Explore the contributions of pioneers in gaming.
- Encourage people to move from playing to creating.
- Support informed conversations about gaming environments.
- Connect play with learning and participation.
Winter Data Care
Winter Data Care addresses practical barriers to staying connected, including access to data, SIM cards, devices and digital confidence support.
- Help address connectivity and data poverty.
- Support access to relevant digital inclusion services.
- Explore contributions of data, SIM cards and devices.
- Work with community partners to identify local needs.
Resource Development
Help Us Develop IFB Gaming Guides
Accessible, practical guidance can help families, young people, educators and communities make more informed decisions about gaming and digital life.
Understanding Gaming
The IFB Gaming Guide explores how gaming environments shape access, participation, safety, wellbeing and learning. It aims to support informed conversations rather than reduce gaming to a simple argument for or against it.
- Guidance for families and educators.
- Healthy and inclusive gaming environments.
- Digital citizenship, creativity and learning.
- Safety, accessibility and participation.
Help the Guides Reach More People
We welcome support to research, develop, test and share resources that are useful in real-world settings.
- Sponsor research and resource development.
- Help review materials for clarity and accessibility.
- Contribute relevant expertise and experience.
- Connect the guides with schools and communities.
Connectivity and Community Support
Help People Stay Connected with Winter Data Care
Being connected can make a difference to everyday tasks, learning, communication and access to essential services. Winter Data Care focuses on the practical barriers that prevent people from participating in digital life.
Support Connectivity
Help us strengthen efforts to reach people and communities experiencing data poverty or lacking suitable devices.
- Contribute towards connectivity support.
- Explore SIM card and device contributions.
- Help people find appropriate digital support.
- Support community outreach and digital confidence.
Become a Winter Data Care Partner
We welcome conversations with funders, connectivity providers, community organisations and volunteers interested in helping strengthen the programme.
- Discuss funding or in-kind contributions.
- Explore local needs and referral routes.
- Identify suitable community delivery opportunities.
- Discuss outcomes and responsible reporting.
Work With Us
Build a Partnership with IFB Gaming
We welcome purposeful collaboration with organisations seeking to improve digital participation, strengthen learning and develop practical responses to social exclusion.
Funders and Sponsors
Explore support for defined projects, research, accessible resources, community activities or programme development.
Community Organisations
Explore complementary services, resource sharing, referrals and opportunities to strengthen local digital inclusion pathways.
Researchers and Practitioners
Share expertise, contribute to resource testing and explore learning, evaluation and research opportunities.
Give Your Time and Skills
Volunteer with IFB Gaming
Volunteers can contribute to community work, resource development and the wider effort to make digital participation more inclusive.
Ways to Get Involved
- Support community outreach and digital skills activities.
- Help test accessible learning resources.
- Contribute research, writing, design or technical skills.
- Share information about relevant services and support.
- Support gaming, learning and digital citizenship activities.
Contribute Your Expertise
Not every contribution requires frontline volunteering. We also welcome people who can review materials, share specialist knowledge, make introductions or advise on project development.
Tell us about your skills and interests so we can explore whether there is a suitable opportunity.
Getting Started
How to Support Our Work
We aim to make the first conversation straightforward and focused on what is possible.
1
Tell us what interests you
Choose an initiative, explain the support you have in mind or tell us about your organisation.
2
Discuss the practical details
Explore intended outcomes, resources, delivery arrangements and any relevant constraints.
3
Agree a suitable next step
Where there is a good fit, discuss a contribution, partnership, volunteering opportunity or further conversation.
Purposeful, Accountable Support
We want support to be connected to clear needs and realistic objectives. Depending on the initiative, this may include:
- Defining the activity and intended beneficiaries.
- Clarifying what a contribution will cover.
- Considering accessibility and safeguarding requirements.
- Identifying appropriate measures of progress and outcomes.
- Communicating learning and results responsibly.
Specific arrangements will be discussed and confirmed for each project or partnership.
Start a Conversation
Let’s Explore What We Can Achieve Together
Whether you are an individual, community organisation, funder, researcher or potential delivery partner, we welcome enquiries about supporting IFB Gaming’s work.
Email: info@ifbgaming.com
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