IFB Gaming

Loading

Tag NHS Digital

Digital Inclusion

Register for Get Online Week 2023’s Empowering Futures’

Get Online Week is back. It runs annually during Black History Month and it is currently on its 16th edition.

Why is Get Online Week important?

Nearly 1 in 5 adults lack the most basic digital skills needed for everyday life.

Over 1 in 20 households have no internet access, neither fixed line nor mobile.

2 million households struggle with affordability of internet access.

(AbilityNet)

What to expect this Get Online Week 2023

Free technology, computer and internet support for beginners.

Get support from IFB, BTB CIC and the NHS to access and understand essential digital services.

Whether you are a beginner, looking for educational resources or you are just struggling with a specific function, there will be a variety of departments based on our 6-Pillars of Digital Inclusion on the ground to support you.

Register Here

You may also like to join us soon for more free events below:

Supporting Seniors to take back control of their healthcare by mastering the new NHS appointment booking process.

One of our primary objectives this year is to support Seniors and Elderly People with the new NHS appointment booking process, especially blood tests. If you know anyone that’s can benefit from this event, kindly bring them along or share with them. The NHS User Research team will be available during GOW to support them with any issues or problems that they may be experiencing.

Register Here

Get Online Week 2023: Inspiring Minds. Empowering Futures.

A free 3-day free website development workshop at Rachel Leigh Hall. This event is free, however, registration is required. Please learn more with the link below.

The three days workshop will focus on:

  1. HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language
  2. CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
  3. Design thinking and ethics
  4. Drag ‘N’ Drop

Register Here

Digital Living: Free bicycle marking by the Metropolitan Police.

Crime is on the rise again in London. This is true about mobile phones and bicycles on Southwark’s Brandon Estate. This Get Online Week, we are teaming up with the Police to mitigate these categories by offering bicycle tracking devices to individuals.

Register Here

IFB Accessibility Services

Healthcare , Research

NHS: Test & Trace with community groups

NHS Digital worked closely with Black and Asian community organisations through the UK Online Centres Network to recruit participants aged between 18-76 for the study.

The organisations involved are:

  1. IFB Gaming – Founded by John Adewole @ifbjohn
  2. Learn For Life – Founded by Hayley Nelson BEM @hayleylfl
  3. Smartlyte

During the research, we explored people’s attitudes, beliefs and experiences around coronavirus testing, the pandemic as a whole and how this affected day-to-day living. We explored the concept of taking part in regular coronavirus testing, even without having symptoms and the barriers that people face when trying to access these services. Finally, we looked at the NHS website and some new content about testing, to see how easy or difficult this information was to digest and understand.

The Usability Tests were conducted virtually via Microsoft Teams with a focus on Black, Asian, and other Minority groups in West Midlands, London & South East and Sheffield.

It was a really useful experience to be able to contribute to such vital research which will have a positive impact on communities around the UK

Hayley Nelson BEM (Learn For Life Enterprise, Sheffield)


Usability Testing Result

The research has had a significant outcome on how we approach learning and digital inclusion at IFB Gaming as it exposes elements of the Hidden Middle (proposed by Future Dot Now) and it resonates with the five key skills of the government’s Essential Digital Skills Framework. The research has also impacted research design at the NHS.

Access the full report

Upcoming Events